Ghana’s tree-planting drive and the biodiversity question

Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo plants a tree seedling to mark the 2022 Green Ghana Day in Accra. (Image: Ghana Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources)

In 2016, Ghana pledged to restore 2 million hectares (ha) of deforested and degraded land by 2030.

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