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Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) including A Rocha Ghana (ARG) have taken government of Ghana to court to overturn plans to mine bauxite in the Atewa Range Forest Reserve (ARF). ARG, together with six (6) other CSOs on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 filed a suit against the Attorney General at the […]

The Atewa Forest is the final landscape to be featured in the series of four landscapes that are invaluable to the well-being of Ghanaians. Aerial View of Atewa Forest , Photo Credit: A Rocha Ghana The Upper Guinean Forests of West Africa eco-region is recognised as an area of high […]

According to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), Pangolins are the most trafficked animals on the planet. They are illegally hunted and traded both locally and internationally for their meat and scales which is believed to have healing powers in some Asian countries such as China. In […]

The Concerned Citizens of Atewa Landscape (CCAL) on January 21, 2020, embarked on a massive demonstration to protest government’s plan to mine the Atewa Forest for bauxite. The protest, which measured a distance of three kilometres from Segyemase to Kyebi in the Eastern Region of Ghana, garnered close to 500 […]

…Immediate Conservation Plan Needed Afia Birago Puddle Frog can be distinguished by the combination of a slender body, short and pointed snout, a relatively warty dorsum and a black-spotted throat. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has declared the Afia Birago Puddle Frog as critically endangered. This news comes […]

It is often said that young people are tomorrow’s leaders but looking at the global destruction made to life on Earth, there may not be a future to lead if the young wait until tomorrow. It is for this reason that Children of the Light have decided not to ignore […]

Oscar award-winning actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, has added his voice to calls for the protection of the Atewa Forest as Ghana prepares to commence the first phase of the Sinohydro deal. The deal will see Ghana’s bauxite reserves in the Atewa Forest mined and traded in a ‘barter’ deal for $2 […]