Caring for Nature, Sustaining Livelihoods
Thousands of smallholder cocoa farmers in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality of the Western Region of Ghana say they risk losing their farms in the coming weeks, as their landlord pushes through his plan to chop down all cocoa trees…
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. According to the farmers, children helping out on farms during…
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 sell commodities linked to deforestation and forest degradation – such…
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, and movement towards the Paris Climate Agreement’s aim of keeping…
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 providing labour and technical support said heavy workload, delay in…
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 ‘food basket of Ghana’ has been the centre of food…
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 joint actions the parties should take, as the world’s primary…
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 Akina City Hotel, at Techiman in the Bono East Region…
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 special permits for commercial logging of timber contrary to the…
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- Nine Thousand (39000) indigenous and fruit tree seedlings to the…