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As cocoa prices surge, two new studies reveal that the new frontiers of cocoa production in Central Africa are seeing women’s rights trampled and rising deforestation. Tyala Ifwanga argues that the EU’s much delayed...
10/03/2026
Mining no longer allowed in Ghana’s forests
On 10 December 2025, the Ghanaian government officially revoked a Regulation that permitted Mining in Forest Reserves including Globally Significant Biodiversity Areas (GSBAs). This...
18/12/2025
Fern partner A Rocha Ghana sounds the alarm on illegal small-scale gold-mining that threatens communities, forests and water resources.
Ghana is struggling to control rampant illegal, small-scale gold-mining that is threatening...
10/11/2025
Ghana is the first country in Africa to be awarded a coveted FLEGT licence - seen as the gold standard in the fight against illegal logging. But will it be the last? Author and Fern board member Fred Pearce reports on how the fate...
04/11/2025
The EUDR will enter into force at the end of 2025, following a one-year delay, but there is evidence that it has already triggered political efforts to better protect forests in tropical and EU forested countries.
This...
23/06/2025
Ghana is on the brink of a major advance in the fight against illegal logging, say Albert Katako and Obed Owusu-Addai. So why is the EU turning away from its flagship policy to tackle it?
Ghana will soon become the first African...
15/11/2024
A decade of work from Ghana’s government, non-governmental organisations, industry and the EU is finally coming to a head and it looks like FLEGT-licensed timber will soon be being exported.
11/10/2023
The EU’s Proposed Regulation on deforestation-free products is potentially a crucial tool for fighting deforestation in Ghana and could complement the Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) the EU has signed with many...
23/06/2022
This letter was sent to Hon. Patrick Jerome Achi, Prime Minister of Cote d’Ivoire; Hon. Joseph Boahen Aidoo, Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Cocoa Board; H.E. Diana Acconcia, EU Ambassador to Ghana; Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto,...
10/09/2021
The EU, Ghana & Cote d’Ivoire must commit to concrete actions when talks resume after autumn 2021.
14/07/2021
