There are 313 projects that match your search.
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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 ( ... )
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 ( ... )
epletion 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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