Caring for Nature, Sustaining Livelihoods
Ghana’s fight against illegal mining has rightly become a national priority. Across the country, cocoafarms have been destroyed, rivers polluted, forests degraded, and rural livelihoods threatened by the activities of illegal miners. As one of the pillars of Ghana’s economy,…
Forest fringe communities across Ghana have called for greater stakeholder support to address challenges affecting sustainable forest management and strengthen community participation in forest governance. The concerns were raised during a series of training sessions for Community Forest Monitors organized…
EcoCare Ghana and Civic Response have trained 300 community members from forest fringe communities to serve as Community Forest Monitors, strengthening transparency, accountability, and citizen participation in forest governance. The training, organised in Accra across six cohorts, forms part of…
Frustrated cocoa farmers in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality in the Western North Region are calling for urgent support from the government and various Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), as illegal mining (galamsey) activities continue to threaten cocoa production and their livelihoods.…
Sustainable forest governance is not achieved through policy frameworks and enforcement alone. It depends on transparency, accountability, and the active participation of citizens, particularly those living in forest fringe communities whose livelihoods are directly tied to forest resources.Across Ghana, these…
EcoCare Ghana, in partnership with Palladium, under the “Technical Rebuild Facility”, have trained Cocoa Mmaa Cooperative Society on cooperative governance and policies. The training aimed to enhance members’ knowledge of the governance framework for cooperative organisations. The training also aimed…