News Headline

Can it be stopped? Ghana's forests 'could completely disappear in less than 25 years'

Source
Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2014-08-26

Ghana contains forests that are biologically unique and important both for the wildlife they contain and the human communities that depend on them. However, the country is experiencing one of the greatest rates of deforestation in West Africa. At its current rate of forest loss, a study estimates that Ghana could be devoid of major forest cover in less than a quarter-century.

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http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0825-gfrn-ogutu-ghana.html