Towards Reducing Deforestation in Ghana: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Selected Land Use Changes

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dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2026-01-15T20:23:24Z
dc.date2026-01-15T20:23:24Z
dc.date2025-11-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:31:49Z
dc.descriptionThe study focuses on the country’s two main hydrological basins, Pra and Volta. In the Pra basin, the expansion of monoculture-based (mono) cocoa has contributed significantly to forest loss, biodiversity decline, and water resource depletion. In the Volta basin, agricultural expansion (such as, maize), charcoal production, and urbanization have been the main deforestation causes. Thus, the study focuses on the conversion of closed forests to mono cocoa in the Pra basin, and to maize in the Volta basin. It is important to note that the study is not an assessment of the hydrological impacts of current deforestation trends. Rather, it examines the hydrological impacts that would result from converting current forests to other land uses.
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dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/af9419e7-9442-4ec5-a585-b910b25ee24d
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/44171
dc.identifier10.1596/44171
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/405401
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXPANSION
dc.titleTowards Reducing Deforestation in Ghana: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Selected Land Use Changes
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