AMAZING WATERFALLS & POOLS
The forest houses some major waterfalls and pools in the country.
We strongly urge the Government of Ghana to ban every mining activity in the Atewa Forest Reserve, which is the source of clean water to about five million Ghanaians. Mining would provide short term income, but it would forever degrade or destroy ecosystem services such as water for millions of people. We ask the Government to make Atewa a National Park and so benefit present and future generations.
The forest houses some major waterfalls and pools in the country.
An estimated of one-third of all commercially produced food is the result of insect pollination. The forest therefore provides pollination and bio-control services to local agriculture
Atewa serves as a terrestrial carbon sink due to the storage of huge amounts of carbon in trees, plant biomas and forest soil.
The forest cover is important for erosion control, particularly on the slopes.
The forest provides a conducive climate for farming and collection of non-timber forest products.
The forest provides shelter for various kinds of wildlife habitats
Shared learning for the campaign to stop bauxite mining in Ghana’s Atewa Forest A session has been held for the Atewa Forest at the
Consultancy Services for Value -Added Sustainable Cocoa Production, Certification and Trade Atewa Landscape. Ghana Job Category:
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) keep nature thriving and are some of the most important places in the world for species and their habitats.
The Shelley’s Eagle-Owl, a giant owl and one of the most elusive and mysterious of all birds, has been rediscovered in the Atewa Forest, after
The Conraua sagyimase, Atewa Slippery Frog. Photo Credit: Dr Caleb Ofori-Boateng A newly discovered critically endangered frog species found nowhere