Environmental NGO, A Rocha Ghana has dismissed a recent claim by the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources that Ghana’s forest reserve remains intact. Answering a specific question in Parliament on ...

Bauxite mining would threaten birds, plants, and clean water. A Christian conservation group is fighting the Ghana government in court over plans to mine bauxite in the Atewa Range Forest Reserve. The ...

14,000 hectares of degraded Ghanaian forests are to be restored under a new programme funded by the European Union. The initiative- Ghana Forest Restoration Grant Scheme- is building the capacity of ...

It is seen as the better of only two Upland Evergreen forests left intact in the country, forming part of the six dominant vegetation zones of Ghana based on different climates zones. The Atewa forest ...

A team of scientists is trying to understand how the trees of the Bobiri forest reserve in southern Ghana react to extreme heat. Using thermal cameras, they are revealing the maximum temperatures ...

Ghana could earn tens of millions of dollars for reducing its deforestation rate under a carbon-trading initiative proposed by a coalition of developing countries and under discussion this week at U.N ...

Despite vehement opposition from local communities and international conservation organisations, the Ghanaian government seems determined to proceed with a destructive bauxite mine in the Atewa Forest ...

Ghana has begun employing earth observation technologies to monitor its forest resources to understand the extent of deforestation especially by cocoa production. Under the name Forest 2020 Project, ...