Saving forests through community reforestation

Ghana’s forest areas have over the years being under the threat of illegal chainsaw activities.

But a new reforestation initiative has shown a high potential to be an alternative and legal source of livelihood and income generation to erstwhile illegal chainsaw operators and lumber carriers.

The pilot plantation development project is happening in some forest districts in the Ashanti, Central and Eastern regions.

Kofi Adu Domfeh visited one of the project communities and filed this report.

Link to audio report...

https://soundcloud.com/kofi-adu-domfeh/saving-forests-through-community-reforestation-initiative

Sustaining livelihoods through forest landscape restoration

Once land has been degraded or deforested, it can be an expensive and laborious process to restore it to health and fertility.

But there are ways of restoring land which can create economic benefits to farmers as well as lasting benefits to the environment, through the engagement of private sector plantation developers.

In Ghana, a Landscape Restoration Project has taken off to develop guidelines for the planning and implementation of forest plantation schemes on off-reserve areas in Ghana.

Listen to Kofi Au Domfeh's audio report...

https://soundcloud.com/kofi-adu-domfeh/sustaining-livelihoods-through-forest-landscape-restoration