Empowering Ghanaian communities to conserve their forests through a private-sector-led payment for ecosystem services mechanism
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The Landscapes for Cocoa Livelihoods project reduced deforestation by 71% over 1,044 hectares in Ghana's Tano Offin Forest Reserve, conserving 6,911 tons of CO2 equivalent, 65,303 m³ of water recharge, and 39 hectares of biodiverse landscape over a period of 1 year (July 1st 2023 – June 30th 2024). This project demonstrates the scaling potential of a private-sector-funded Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) model, where cacao-producing communities conserve the forest in exchange for collective rewards that improve every household’s living conditions.
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biodiversity, deforestation, remote sensing, spatial data-geospatial data, ecosystem services, payments for ecosystem services, carbon sequestration, forest conservation, community involvement-community participation, water resources