Press Releases
March 28, 2023
No Comments
© All rights reserved EcoCare Ghana
News and Updates
News
Cocoa Farmers Call for the Review of Child Labour Laws to Suit Ghana’s Cultural Context
Cocoa Farmer Groups and Cooperatives in Ghana have called on the government and the international community to take into account the Ghanaian cultural context in their definition of Child Labour.
February 4, 2022
No Comments
News
The EU has a new Deforestation Law: Here’s what it means
In a major development, the European Commission has proposed a new law to halt deforestation and minimise the EU’s impact on forests worldwide. The proposed law will require companies that
January 18, 2022
No Comments
News
Keep Calm and COP Out: 26th UN Climate Conference offers Promises instead of Action
The United Nation’s 26th Climate Conference (COP26) – “our best last chance on climate” – is over. We were promised increased ambition, more cash for those most affected by climate change,
November 22, 2021
No Comments
News
National Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme in limbo – Farmers tell GARDJA
Government’s National Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme risks total collapse following an admission by some supervisors and cocoa farmers that the Programme is crumpling and needs to be rescued immediately. The youth
October 11, 2021
No Comments
News
Farmers call on stakeholders to intervene in food production and marketing
Farmers in the transition landscape of Ghana have called on the government and private sector to support them to ensure food security. The transition landscape often referred to as the
September 22, 2021
No Comments
Press Releases
Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying – IPCC
Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today.
August 11, 2021
No Comments
News
As the First Round of EU-Ghana-Cote D’Ivoire Cocoa Talks Wraps up, the Way Ahead is Still Unclear
The European Commission and the governments of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire are now wrapping up their first round of “Cocoa Talks”. Discussions have been ongoing since September 2020 about what
July 19, 2021
No Comments
News
LEAN Project launched to improve the livelihoods of farmers in the Transition Landscape
Tropenbos Ghana and EcoCare Ghana has launched a four-year project aimed at improving the livelihood of 12,000 farmers in the Transition landscape of Ghana. The event was held at the
July 13, 2021
No Comments
News
Government dragged to court over issuance of ‘special permits’ as Timber Rights
Obed Owusu-Addai, a Ghanaian citizen and an active member of a Civil Society Coalition working in the natural resources sector has dragged government to Court over the continuous issuance of
July 2, 2021
No Comments
Press Releases
Joint position paper on the EU’s policy and regulatory approach to cocoa Partnership agreements
Actors in the cocoa supply chain have issued a position paper to call on the European Union to establish “bilateral agreements” with cocoa-producing countries to complement upcoming EU mandatory due
June 24, 2021
No Comments