Deborah demonstrating how to measure DBH - Nsutaman School Deborah, inspired by the need to care for the environment, works with A Rocha Ghana’s School Clubs in Ashanti region – helping students like Martha. She is a science student who aspires to become one of the leading conservationists in Ghana.

Mar 11, 2019· - A Rocha Ghana has criticised Adom TV's Fufuo party organizers for the use and destruction of pangolins in the recently held ‘Adom …

The reserve also hosts 17 species of rare butterflies, half of which are found nowhere else in Ghana, including the African giant swallowtail ... Image courtesy A Rocha Ghana.

A Rocha Ghana July 10 at 2:33 AM · "A partnership agreement has been signed between Akwaaba Feeds Ltd and West Africa Feeds Ltd to scale up and commercialize a Maggot Farm piloted by Akwaaba Feeds as an alternative protein source for animal feed.

Jun 17, 2019· As in much of West Africa, Ghana’s illegal gold mining ranges from hand-dug holes in the forest, ... Daryl Bosu, deputy director of the environmental advocacy group A Rocha, concurs: “Usually ...

Rapid growth! (2002–2006) 2002 is an exciting year, with nearly all the existing teams growing in size. During the next four years eight new National Organizations formally join the family: Finland, Bulgaria (closed in 2015), Netherlands, India, Ghana, South Africa, Peru and Brazil. The International Team is strengthened by the addition of a Scientific Director based in Portugal, a European ...

May 01, 2020· The Government of Ghana has lifted restrictions on movement in parts of the country that were under partial lockdown. However, A Rocha Ghana continues to support the communities with which it works through coronavirus awareness and education and by providing hand sanitizer and veronica buckets to serve families who lack running water.

How do A Rocha’s community-based conservation projects make a difference? Restoring an internationally important coastal lagoon in Ghana. The Muni-Pomadze Ramsar site on the coast of Ghana includes a mangrove-fringed lagoon and sandy beaches, of global importance for nesting Green Turtles Chelonia mydas as well as waders, terns and other waterbirds. . However, the woodlands …

Press release: A Rocha International trustee wins prestigious global environmental award 10 Jun 2020 Meet Jo Swinney, Head of Communications 1 Jun 2020 Share this

A Rocha Ghana, a part of A Rocha International, is a membership based international Non Governmental Organisation working to show God's love for all creation. It has achieved its vision and mission through scientific research and interventions that restore the natural environment, improve livelihoods and increase awareness of the delicate ecosystems that surround us.

A Rocha South Africa has a dream of a healthy river system being cared for and enjoyed by Christians and the community. A Rocha South Africa partnering with African Enterprise A Rocha South Africa is partnering with African Enterprise in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, to develop and implement an environmental management plan for their 66 ...

Ghana experienced a 60% rise in primary forest loss between 2017 and 2018 – the highest rise in any tropical country, according to the U.S.-based Global Forest Watch, with trees lost to illegal ...

A Rocha operates field study centres in Canada (two centres), France (two centres), India, Kenya, Portugal and also in the Czech Republic. These serve primarily as a base for A Rocha's and other organisations’ field studies and for environmental education, and most also offer accommodation for …

Several groups including A Rocha Ghana, Friends of the Earth Ghana, West African Primate Conservation Action, Ghana Wildlife Society (BirdLife Partner), and a number of professional institutions and state actors are opposing the project. This is because in order to mine the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, the entire forest would have to be removed ...

Oct 28, 2019· Mining Ghana’s bauxite would bring in billions from China. But it could also taint the water for 5 million people. Forest wardens walk into the Atewa Forest Reserve in Ghana, where millions of ...

As the West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change Program, or WA BiCC, is committed to improving conservation and climate-resilient, low-emissions growth across West Africa, we are excited to announce our #EarthDayGhanaContests, organized in partnership with A Rocha Ghana, Kali Etch and the Ghana …

A Rocha Ghana has condemned in no uncertain terms, the capture, and destruction of pangolins in the recently ‘Adom TV Fufuo Party’ held in Accra on Independence Day. The act which is widely published on Adom TV Instagram page, and viewed by over 12,000 fans is in breach of the Wildlife Preservation Act 43 and its regulations in Wildlife ...

A Rocha Ghana P.O. Box KN 3480 Kaneshie Accra Ghana. +233 0302 222417 [email protected] More contact details ... Team Ghana Wins Africa Biodiversity Challenge Award 3rd April 2019 Ghana Does Not Need GMO To Ensure Food Sufficiency 18th March 2019 Support The School Strike For Climate 18th March 2019

Jun 01, 2020· Mr Isaac Fiifi Ntori who is a Project Officer of A Rocha Ghana has condemned the recent surge in cutting of shea trees for charcoal production in some parts of Northern Ghana especially the ...

ENVIRONMENTAL activists have sued Ghana’s government to stop a proposed mining project in a protected national forest, which they say endangers their health and well-being, amid growing calls to increase nature reserves to combat climate change. The proposed mine in the Atewa Range Forest is part of a $2bn deal signed with China, which will […]

A Rocha Ghana is part of a team that won the maiden edition of the Africa Biodiversity Challenge Award programme (ABC) which took place in Accra, last week. Biodiversity refers to the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat, a high level of …

May 16, 2019· Building on Ghana's achievements in expanding education, the Education Strategic Plan sets out the vision and policies for realizing the ambition of transforming Ghana into a ‘learning nation'. It puts Ghana on the road towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and represents a deliberate reorientation towards this aim, as it replaces ...

Aug 14, 2017· Bosu is an activist with A Rocha Ghana. A video promoting the anti-galamsey hotline can be watched below. A video promoting the anti-galamsey hotline can be watched below. “At the time there was this massive scale of gold mining, the state was sleeping, so people were just out and digging their way trying to see what they could find.

Ghana experienced a 60% rise in primary forest loss between 2017 and 2018 - the highest rise in any tropical country, according to the U.S.-based Global Forest Watch, with trees lost to illegal ...

Slavish arguments. I have just returned from visiting the remarkable A Rocha Ghana team, and they took us to two world-famous and entirely different sites in one afternoon: the Kakum Forest with its canopy walkway, and the slaving fort at nearby Cape Coast.

Feb 22, 2020· Background. A Rocha Ghana had earlier served notice of its intention to file a civil suit against the government over its [government’s] decision to mine bauxite in the Atewa Forest.. The group said it will be seeking a declaration that “mining of bauxite in the Atewa Range Forest violates the right to life and dignity as enshrined under articles 13 and 15 of the Constitution of Ghana ...

and ecosystems, as well as efforts toward revitalization in Africa. The majority of the case studies presented in this publication are based on presentations made by invited experts from Africa at the first Satoyama Initiative Regional Workshop in Africa, which was held in Accra, Ghana…

A Rocha Ghana Today at 4:20 AM When Onon the common cuckoo took off from Mongolia last June no one ... expected him to make a 26,000km round trip to southern Africa.

Jan 15, 2020· An environmental protection group, A Rocha Ghana, together with 20 civil society groups, has sued the government of Ghana in an attempt to stop it from allowing the Atewa forest reserve to be mined for bauxite. A Rocha Ghana works throughout the country, from four field bases, to help communities protect some of the most biodiverse and threatened habitats: coastal fishing …

A jewel amongst Ghana's rich forest heritage. Atewa Range Forest Reserve, in the eastern region of Ghana, is internationally recognized as one of the highest priority ecosystems in West Africa for its high species diversity, high levels of endemism and great hydrological importance.The forest was gazetted as a National Forest Reserve in 1926, then subsequently a Special Biological Protection ...

South Africa; Switzerland; Uganda; UK; USA; Climate Stewards; International; World map; Contact . A Rocha Ghana P.O. Box KN 3480 Kaneshie Accra Ghana. +233 0302 222417 [email protected] More contact details ... A Rocha Ghana Wishes you a Happy World Environment Day 5th June 2020.

Jun 01, 2020· We join the A Rocha family in congratulating Prof Oteng-Yeboah on this prestigious recognition from the IUCN – a testament to his enormous contribution to biodiversity conservation in Ghana and around the world. The Awards Ceremony will take place at the World Conservation Congress, due to take place in Marseille in January.