Ghana launches a new EU-funded forest governance project to strengthen FLEGT implementation, tree tenure reform, and community participation following Africa’s first FLEGT licence issuance, aiming to ensure sustainable timber trade and inclusive forest management.
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Umar Musah lost his father. Jeremiah Duyab lost his farm. With climate change shrinking grazing land and no national policy on reserves, Ghana’s farmer-herder crisis is spilling across borders.
Ghana is unlocking billion-dollar carbon market opportunities under the Paris Agreement by strengthening national carbon market capacity, advancing Article 6 carbon trading, attracting global investors, and positioning itself as Africa’s leader in high-integrity carbon credit markets and climate finance.
How Ghana’s mercury‑fueled gold rush is poisoning children, killing the last 60 chimpanzees, and betraying the Minamata Convention—an investigation into impunity and environmental collapse
The Western Regional House of Chiefs has inaugurated the NGO Positive Action for Environmental Protection Ghana (PAFEP-WRC-GH) to support government efforts against galamsey, protect water bodies, and promote shared responsibility in environmental governance across the Western Region.
Ghana has revoked L.I. 2462, banning mining in forest reserves effective December 10, 2025. Environmental groups hail the move as a landmark victory while calling for reforms to existing mining licenses, stronger enforcement, and amendments to the Minerals and Mining Act to fully protect Ghana’s forests.
Ghana revokes L.I. 2462 after civil society pressure, closing mining loopholes that exposed forest reserves and marking a major environmental policy shift.
An in-depth investigation into how illegal gold mining in Ghana, weak enforcement of mining laws, and failure to implement the Minamata Convention are exposing children and women to mercury while pushing the country’s last chimpanzees toward extinction.
Sanitation Excellence Awards in Kumasi honoured outstanding community leaders and institutions advancing sanitation, clean water, and public health across the Ashanti Region. The event celebrated innovators, highlighted impactful grassroots initiatives, and announced new projects including borehole construction and an inter-school sanitation challenge.
Eco-Conscious Citizens’ Coordinator, Awula Serwaah, says repealing Ghana’s L.I. 2462 is not enough to end illegal mining. She calls for stronger enforcement, community protection, and multi-sectoral action to save Ghana’s polluted rivers and forests.