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Progress protecting forests in West Africa


Progress protecting forests in West Africa - Cargill

Cargill's 2023 Cocoa & Forests Initiative Progress Report (PDF) provides an overview of our work in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire to end deforestation and restore ...

Conserving West Africa's Forests - ArcGIS StoryMaps

The rich landscape of the Guinean Forests of West Africa supports thousands of plant and animal species, including over 900 species of birds and almost 400 ...

West Africa Forest Strategy - Profor

The Upper Guinea Forest, which covers six West African nations, is being severely threatened by commercial logging, slash-and-burn and ...

Guinean Forests of West Africa - Priorities | CEPF

1.3 Demonstrate sustainable livelihood/job creation activities for local communities that will act as incentives for the conservation of priority sites (e.g., ...

West African nations unite to protect forests - APAnews

By addressing the challenges of deforestation and promoting sustainable forest management, West African nations can protect their environment, ...

Save West Africa's Last Intact Forests in Liberia - Rainforest Trust

But 70% of this forest hotspot has been destroyed by human activity. We need your help today to protect a final 406,913 acres in a multi-year project to ...

Long-Term Strategic Vision for CEPF investment in the Guinean ...

Guinean Forests of West Africa Hotspot. BirdLife International. December ... integrated, landscape-based approach to the conservation of forests and their ...

West Africa Forest Conservation Strategy - BirdLife International

The West Africa Forest Conservation Strategy, under development by BirdLife and partners builds on Critical ... The Guinean Forests of West Africa hotspot ...

West African countries chart a sustainable path forward with ...

Community-based forestry had emerged as a pivotal and widely acknowledged approach in our collective efforts to attain climate objectives, with special ...

Global Transformation of Forests for People and Climate

The project's objective is to strengthen decision-making on forests and land management across West Africa, specifically addressing the loss of forest cover ...

Progress is slow on Africa's Great Green Wall, but some bright spots ...

The tree barrier, as it was initially conceptualized, would extend all the way from Dakar in the west to Djibouti in the east and be completed ...

To Safeguard Africa's Forests, Protect Local Land Rights - Landesa

An examination of forest restoration commitments made by a handful of sub-Saharan African countries raises serious questions about the land and ...

Saving Africa's forests, the 'lungs of the world' - the United Nations

Preserving Africa's surviving tropical forests and planting new trees to replace those lost to deforestation could help reduce the severity of climate change by ...

Advancing Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Mitigation in West ...

West Africa's tropical forests are globally significant for their rich and unique biological diversity and carbon value. The forests transcend borders and ...

Empowering ecotourism and community-based forestry in West Africa

"The approach we take is to preserve nature. For instance, we prohibit women from cutting wood, so we had to introduce alternative actions. We ...

Cocoa & Forests Initiative Partners Showcase Groundbreaking ...

To reverse the increasing trend of deforestation in West Africa, all actors need to step up, mobilize resources and move forward in public- ...

Cocoa and Forests Initiative 2023 Progress Report | Cargill

The Cocoa and Forests Initiative focuses on protecting and restoring forests in West Africa, while also fostering more sustainable cocoa production and ...

Ending Deforestation from Cocoa in West Africa | GFW Blog

Primary and intact forests in West Africa are limited, so to ensure the Cocoa DRA comprehensively assesses where future cocoa-linked ...

Environment - Biodiversity and Climate Change | West Africa Regional

The conservation and restoration of West Africa's forests and wildlife are crucial to maintain the region's biological heritage for future generations, meet ...

Biodiversity and Protected Areas in West Africa - USGS.gov

In West Africa today, most of the endangered species and highly biodiverse habitats are confined to protected areas. A total of 1,936 nationally ...