There are 319 projects that match your search.
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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1994
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32,292.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/94/019 |
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Lessons learnt from GEF/SGP projects in the arid/semi-arid zones of Ghana and to some extent even in the forest zones showed that the rate of deforestation and its effect on the Ghana environment was enormous. The main causes of deforestation were ( ... )
to be the following: unsustainable slash and burn agriculture or shifting cultivation, bushfires, over extraction of fuelwood from the wild and free-grazing of livestock leading to over-grazing. Further lessons learnt were that efforts at deliberate afforestation had not met with the expected success because of two major threats namely, bushfires and free grazing of livestock.
In response to the
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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1994
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10,527.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/011 |
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The vegetation of Bawku East District of Ghana is Sudan savannah with serious cases of deforestation and threat of desertification. The problem of deforestation is caused by high human population, slash and burn agriculture, bushfires and high ( ... )
ock populations. The NGO worked with 5 communities using train-the ?trainer techniques to teach the community members the following: composting, soil conservation and erosion control, nursery practices, agroforestry, bushfire management and the construction and use of Fuel Efficient Woodsaving (FEW) Stoves. By the end of the project, the community members could prepare compost manure and nurse
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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1994
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2,720.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/015 |
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The Ho District is a major honey production area. Most honey producers harvest honey from the wild using fire to kill or scare away bees ? a practice that sometimes lead to bushfires. The project was to introduce the CBO members to modern methods of ( ... )
ing that will not lead to bushfires and increase the survival of bees who will in turn enhance the pollination of plants in the wild. The CBO was assisted to train 30 of its members in the use of the Kenya Top Bar Hive (KTBH) .The CBO was also assisted in managing their business to improve their
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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1994
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50,000.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/94/018 |
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The Buabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary is located in the Nkoranza District in the dry semi-deciduous forest in the transition zone of Ghana. This zone is quickly changing from forest to grassland so the community?s dry semi-deciduous forest is an ( ... )
ed forest that is surrounded by grassland. The people and their traditional leaders have used ancient taboos to protect this forest which also is home to two endangered species of monkeys ? Black and White Colobus monkeys, Colobus polykomos and the Mona monkey, Cercopithecus mona. As well as large members of colourful butterflies and other wildlife. The project for the first time negotiated with
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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1994
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4,945.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/017 |
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The NGO worked with the community of Adaklu Vodze in the Ho District. This District is in the dry semi-deciduous forest and the aim of the project was to reduce the threats to the biodiversity in general while improving the incomes of the community ( ... )
s. They trained the community members in nursery practices, afforestation, agroforestry and modern bee keeping as well as bushfire management. By the end of the project, the NGO had started harvesting and selling honey to buyers in the city of Ho, the District and Regional
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1994
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1,061.27
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/016 |
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The project was executed in the Adah-Foah/Kese area of the Dangme East District in the Coastal Guinea Savannah zone of Ghana. The area is severely deforested and those communities living along the coast depend mostly on mangrove species for ( ... )
od. The project was to popularize the use of the Fuel Efficient Woodsaving (FEW) Stoves. A train-the- trainer programme involved 30 women in the area. The adoption rate of the FEW Stoves was exceptionally high with over 90% of households in the training area using the
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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1994
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17,546.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/013 |
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The project was sited in the Paga and Navrongo areas of Upper East Region of Ghana ? a guinea savannah area with serious deforestation problems caused by bushfires, over-extraction of fuelwood and the practice of slash and burn agriculture. These ( ... )
ces are causing a threat to the few savannah forests and their biodiversity. Women?s groups in 10 communities were trained in nursery practices, agrofarestry, bushfire prevention and control; and the construction and maintenance of Fuel Efficient Woodsaving Stoves. The project created an increased interest in tree planting including fruit trees. The women later trained other communities to
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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1994
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15,625.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/94/020 |
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According to the Ghana Forestry Commission, the nation has about 1,904 sacred groves ranging from 0.5 ? 1,300 hectares. Such groves fall under category 7 of the IUCN/UNESCO conservation areas. Some of these areas are important resources for ( ... )
ving rare flora and fauna biodiversity and in some cases they remain the only samples of the original vegetation in the area, the rest having been lost to human activities.
Sacred groves are natural forests that serve as sacred burial grounds for the royals of the communities and have been preserved as such through strictly enforced taboos and cultural practices. They also provide the
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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1994
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7,049.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/012 |
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The Guakoo Sacred Grove at Pokuase is the only surviving dry semi-deciduous forest on the outskirts of Accra, which typically falls within the coastal savannah shrubland of Ghana. The grove also forms part of the green belt that is to encircle the ( ... )
f Accra. This grove has recently suffered encroachment by farmers felling trees and quarrying along the border. The NGO in consultation with the traditional custodians of the grove established a buffer zone around the grove. The community was trained to establish nurseries, woodlots and practice agroforestry within the buffer zone. Community members were also taught bushfire prevention and
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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1994
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50,000.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/009 |
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Lagoons are vital ecosystems for the development of the juvenile stages of many marine biodiversity since they contain brackish water.Brackish water is less saline than sea water. The Sango lagoon, located in the densely populated peri-urban ( ... )
ip of Teshie near Accra, the capital, had become almost completely silted and choked with solid waste because of improper disposal of gabbage, which finally enters the sea. The lagoon also received heavy loads of liquid waste because of improper disposal of such waste. The project dredged the silt out of the lagoon and main drains that open into the lagoon and created mudflats in the middle of
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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1994
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3,168.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/014 |
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Tuobodom is located in the Techiman District in the Forest-Savannah transition zone of Ghana. This zone produces most of the fuelwood and charcoal for the big cities in the south of Ghana. The beneficiary group was a Junior Secondary School who ( ... )
d over 100 students in nursery practices and afforestation. The aim was to reduce forest depletion and enhance conservation of the habitat for
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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1993
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15,164.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/008 |
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The project was located in Funsi, on the northwestern border of Mole National Park ? Ghana?s premier wildlife park. The park is threatened by deforestation, bushfires, poaching of wildlife and encroachment by fringe communities for farmland. The ( ... )
t worked with 5 communities to reduce the incidence of bushfires and encroachment by assisting communities to develop afforestation and agroforestry
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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1993
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1,680.67
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/002 |
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The Busunya Forest forms part of a larger forest ecosystem that harbours large numbers of threatened Mona Monkeys, Cercopithecus mona and Black and White colobus Monkeys, Colobus polykomos. The major threat to this ecosystem is deforestation through ( ... )
, firewood extraction and shifting cultivation. Project developed a nursery that supplied seedlings to the community for afforestation and agroforestry.Interest in project resulted in seven communities coming together to protect the Buabeng ?Fiema Monkey
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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1993
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6,225.41
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/004 |
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Large areas of the Nanumba District suffer extensive bush burning every year leading to reduced availability of fuelwood, poles and forest products including medicinal plants and wildlife. The project was to train 5 communities in environmental ( ... )
ion, bushfire prevention and control, tree nursery development/management, afforestation and agroforestry. Women were also trained in the construction, use and maintenance of fuel-efficient woodstoves made of clay. The project beneficiaries disseminate their acquired techniques to neighbouring
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1993
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1,559.84
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/005 |
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A series of training workshops were organised for 30 women from 8 communities in Tolon-Kumbungu District of Northern Ghana. The training was preceded by environmental education and demonstrations on the efficiency of the FEW stove made from local ( ... )
als: clay, cow dung and chopped straw; was tested and found to be 30% more efficient than traditional stoves. Trainees later trained women in 8 neighbouring communities. All users attested to the following: the stove cooks faster, uses less fuelwood, produces less smoke and reduces the chances of accidental
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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1993
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1,344.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/006 |
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Project demonstrated ex-situ biodiversity protection by establishing a plot of depleted and increasingly rare medicinal trees and shrubs. Project also demonstrated in-situ conservation of some medicinal shrubs species by cultivating cashew in a ( ... )
ed field with high numbers of the rare medicinal plants. The project involved a total of 30 threatened medicinal plants. The beneficiaries also cultivated a woodlot for fuelwood for preparing herbal
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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1993
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16,373.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/003 |
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31st December Women?s Movement recognized excessive extraction of fuelwood as a major threat to biodiversity conservation and soil conservation in Savelugu-Nanton, Tolon-Kumbungu and Tamale Districts of Northern Ghana. In response, project ( ... )
ished three community nurseries and trained community members especially women in environmental protection, sustainable agroforestry, and woodlot establishment to reduce the extraction of fuelwood from the wild and so conserve the habitat for plant and animal
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1993
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9,012.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/001 |
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Capacity building workshops for members of NARWOA (National Refrigeration and Air conditioning Workshop Owners Association).Theory included GEF criteria, chemistry of CFC?s and other halons, and their effect on the ozone layer; the effect of ozone ( ... )
depletion on life on earth. Theory was followed by role-play on bad refrigeration practices that lead to the emission of CFCs and how good practices reduce leakage of CFCs from appliances and save them money while protecting the ozone layer. Project raised public awareness of CFC as Ozone Depleting Substances. NGO?s report on project impact showed widespread adoption of good practices by
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1993
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2,935.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: GHA/93/007 |
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Rehabilitation of Biogas Plant Lessons learned: biogas technology is feasible and can serve as an alternative to fuelwood for domestic energy but brick-lined underground fixed dome is too expensive for the rural poor; a cheaper design needs to be ( ... )
ped. The technology solves sanitation problems and produces a liquid slurry for vegetable gardening; it is best to target individual households rather than community
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