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Forests and Biodiversity
Our project entitled “Towards the Establishment of Baselines for VPA Impact Monitoring in Ghana” (EBIM), kindly funded by the EU FAO FLEGT Programme, has developed a set of indicators and a baseline against which future changes in forest governance can be measured. The report contains the baseline and indicators that civil society, the government and other stakeholders can use to monitor for changes towards good governance. Read more about the project and download the full report here…
Strengthening Civil Society Informal and Private Sector Participation in Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (SciPFLEG) is a 3-year (2013 – 2016) project funded by the European Union and implemented by FoE-Ghana and the Working Group on Forest Certification Ghana. The expected impact is to improve forest governance by reducing illegal logging and other corrupt practices in the forestry sector. This will contribute towards the sustainable management of Ghana’s forests.
Lake Bosumtwe. FoE-Ghana has completed two projects at Lake Bosumtwe supporting communities towards sustainable use and management of the lake, its resources and the surrounding lake basin. This has involved training school children in biodiversity assessment and monitoring, as well as awareness raising and training for communities in sustainable livelihood activities.
Biodiversity Conservation and Community Ecotourism Development of the Tafi Atome Wildlife Sanctuary (2004-2006). The arrival of Christianity in Ghana began to erode traditional beliefs and customs that were protecting biodiversity, including the Mona monkeys of Tafi Atome. FoE-Ghana worked with the local communities to help reinforce protection of the monkeys as well as their habitat and the local biodiversity.
Enforcement and Governance for Sustainable Forest Management (CiSoPFLEG) is a 3-year EU funded project to support progress with the Voluntary Partnership Agreements between the EU and partner countries towards implementation of the EU’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan for improved the forest governance. Both Ghana and Cameroon have signed VPAs and are now developing systems to control, verify and license legal timber in the two countries. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Côte d’Ivoire are now at the negotiating stage.
Forests and Biodiversity
Our project entitled “Towards the Establishment of Baselines for VPA Impact Monitoring in Ghana” (EBIM), kindly funded by the EU FAO FLEGT Programme, has developed a set of indicators and a baseline against which future changes in forest governance can be measured.
Women’s Empowerment
We have two projects helping women farmers improve farm productivity and environmental sustainability, adapt to climate change impacts, participate in environmental decision making, and improve their access to resources such as fresh water.
Water and Sanitation
We’ve got an update on our EU-funded WATSAN project to tell you about what we’ve been doing to support communities’ demands for accountability, and what they’ve been doing to get water and sanitation services into their communities
Women’s Empowerment
Peaceful and Sustainable Development in the Northern Region
The Northern Region in Ghana has faced tribal conflicts, poverty, out-migration of youth, and low economic opportunities. The 2002 Dagbon Chieftaincy crisis and Nanumba/Kokomba conflicts increased instability in the region, leading to disrupted education and high failure rates. Additionally, the area has experienced poverty, food insecurity, low women’s participation in decision-making, and rising HIV/AIDS concerns. This project aimed to tackle these challenges.
Women and Youth Economic and Social Empowerment for Sustainable Development in the Volta Region of Ghana
FoE-Ghana collaborated with the Polish Green Network to address various problems including lack of income generating skills for women and girls, low awareness of HIV/AIDS and poor quality school facilities. The project also organised an awareness campaign in Poland about the project and the development needs of African countries.
Communities and civil society empowerment for environmental governance in rural areas
Funded by the Commonwealth Foundation in the UK, this project is increasing women farmers’ capacities to advocate and lobby policy makers for participation in agricultural and environmental policy and decision making that will help them adapt to the environmental and climate change impacts they are experiencing.
Climate change adaptation, poverty & women subsistence farmers
Funded by the UK Department for International Development (DfID), we are supporting around 1,000 women farmers to improve the sustainability of their farming systems and helping them adapt to climate change impacts. This will contribute to improving their farm productivity and also the food security of their families and communities. We are also providing communities with facilities such as water boreholes for potable water.
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