SAVING GHANA’S FORESTS

The goal of protecting Nature underpins all our work. It inspires and drives us to secure a future that allows life to flourish for people and wildlife.

Over recent years, Ghana has experienced some of the highest deforestation rates in the world. The country has seen a 28% decline in forest cover since 1990, largely due to the expansion of cocoa farming, as well as illegal “galamsey” gold mining, and timber extraction. Ghana’s remaining tropical forests, are now mainly found in protected areas, such as reserves and national parks, and are home to many rare and endangered plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects.

Mighty Earth is collaborating with our local partners, government officials, cocoa traders and chocolate companies to protect and restore Ghana’s forests, and to improve livelihoods for the country’s cocoa growers.