Caring for Nature, Sustaining Livelihoods
The Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) have expressed deep concern and disappointment over the newly announced farm-gate price of cocoa by the Minister of Finance for the 2025/2026 season. In a press statement issued on 5th August 2025, the group…
As we spread love with chocolate today, let’s pause and ask: How long can we sustain this tradition when illegal mining (Galamsey) is destroying our cocoa farms and forests? We call on all stakeholders to join the fight against Galamsey…
Cocoa farmers across Ghana are always filled with expectations in September as we prepare for the opening of the cocoa season with the announcement of new farmgate prices. However, expectation for the 2023/2024 season is at a fever-pitch high due…
Voice Network in collaboration with Solidaridad West Africa and EcoCare Ghana have launched the 2022 Cocoa Barometer in Accra, Ghana. The 2022 Cocoa Barometer provides an overview of the current sustainability developments in the cocoa sector and highlights critical issues…
In recent years, an international dialogue on the sustainability of the cocoa sector has been initiated between all actors involved in both producing and consuming countries. Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, which account for over 60% of the world’s cocoa production,…
PETITION The ACHIMOTA FOREST RESERVE is a NATIONAL ASSET meant to provide invaluable health, and preserve our natural eco-system, yet it has been subject to excessive degradation and encroachment. In recent news, the Ghana government has passed an Executive Instrument…
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…
A Platform of Civil Society Organizations, Non-Governmental Organization and Individuals who have been involved in the FLEGT-VPA implementation in Ghana has released a joint statement in response to the findings of the EUTR &FLEGT-VPA Fitness Check conducted by the European…
Civil Society notes that Ghana is on the brink of making history with the imminent issuance of FLEGT license and trading in legal timber on both the domestic and international market. It is also noted, however, that there has been…