Empowering Ghanaian communities to conserve their forests through a private-sector-led payment for ecosystem services mechanism
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)....
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| author | Nguyen, Phuong Minh Talsma, Tiffany Reymondin, Louis Vantalon, Thibaud Molina, Luis Kyeretwie, Bram Nana Safo Adzi, George Bush Nguyen Perperidis, Emily |
| author_browse | Adzi, George Bush Kyeretwie, Bram Nana Safo Molina, Luis Nguyen Perperidis, Emily Nguyen, Phuong Minh Reymondin, Louis Talsma, Tiffany Vantalon, Thibaud |
| author_facet | Nguyen, Phuong Minh Talsma, Tiffany Reymondin, Louis Vantalon, Thibaud Molina, Luis Kyeretwie, Bram Nana Safo Adzi, George Bush Nguyen Perperidis, Emily |
| author_sort | Nguyen, Phuong Minh |
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| description | 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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| spelling | CGSpace1746152025-11-05T11:53:07Z Empowering Ghanaian communities to conserve their forests through a private-sector-led payment for ecosystem services mechanism Nguyen, Phuong Minh Talsma, Tiffany Reymondin, Louis Vantalon, Thibaud Molina, Luis Kyeretwie, Bram Nana Safo Adzi, George Bush Nguyen Perperidis, Emily biodiversity deforestation remote sensing spatial data-geospatial data ecosystem services payments for ecosystem services carbon sequestration forest conservation community involvement-community participation water resources 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. 2025-05-12 2025-05-15T13:04:17Z 2025-05-15T13:04:17Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174615 en Open Access application/pdf Nguyen, P.M.; Talsma, T.; Reymondin, L.; Vantalon, T.; Molina, L.; Kyeretwie, B.N.S.; Adzi, G.B.; Nguyen Perperidis, E. (2025) Empowering Ghanaian communities to conserve their forests through a private-sector-led payment for ecosystem services mechanism. Study #AFR - 2414. Rome (Italy): Bioversity International; Cali (Colombia): CIAT. 4 p. |
| spellingShingle | biodiversity deforestation remote sensing spatial data-geospatial data ecosystem services payments for ecosystem services carbon sequestration forest conservation community involvement-community participation water resources Nguyen, Phuong Minh Talsma, Tiffany Reymondin, Louis Vantalon, Thibaud Molina, Luis Kyeretwie, Bram Nana Safo Adzi, George Bush Nguyen Perperidis, Emily Empowering Ghanaian communities to conserve their forests through a private-sector-led payment for ecosystem services mechanism |
| title | Empowering Ghanaian communities to conserve their forests through a private-sector-led payment for ecosystem services mechanism |
| title_full | Empowering Ghanaian communities to conserve their forests through a private-sector-led payment for ecosystem services mechanism |
| title_fullStr | Empowering Ghanaian communities to conserve their forests through a private-sector-led payment for ecosystem services mechanism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empowering Ghanaian communities to conserve their forests through a private-sector-led payment for ecosystem services mechanism |
| title_short | Empowering Ghanaian communities to conserve their forests through a private-sector-led payment for ecosystem services mechanism |
| title_sort | empowering ghanaian communities to conserve their forests through a private sector led payment for ecosystem services mechanism |
| topic | biodiversity deforestation remote sensing spatial data-geospatial data ecosystem services payments for ecosystem services carbon sequestration forest conservation community involvement-community participation water resources |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174615 |
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