Forest Biodiversity

Our work spans both the Guinea Savannah Woodlands and tropical high forests. We are dealing with environmental challenges in the context of rapid demographic growth, poverty, weak governance of natural resources and increasingly climate change, which are leading to the impoverishment of natural capital in both northern and southern Ghana. including ecosystem services on which the Ghanaian population largely depend. Econest engenders harmony between green economic activities towards improvement of livelihoods of communities surrounding protected areas and conservation of biodiversity within and around protected areas. We work in collaboration with public agencies to strengthen and operationalize management systems for protected areas. We support resource dependent communities to meaningfully participate and derive benefits from the integrated management of natural resources within and around protected areas and corridors adjoining them in the Guinea Savannah woodlands.