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,
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Tropenbos Ghana and EcoCare Ghana supported Bono East Region to Commemorate Green Ghana Day
Tropenbos Ghana and EcoCare Ghana supported the Bono East Regional Office of Forestry Commission to commemorate Green Ghana Day. As part of the support, the Two (2) organisations donated Thirty-
EcoCare Ghana to mobilize Civil Society to demand Governance reforms in the Cocoa Sector
EcoCare Ghana has launched the Cocoa Governance & Advocacy (CGA) Project to leverage ongoing EU & UK Due Diligence Regulation processes to create awareness, mobilize CSOs and strengthen the capacity