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<title><![CDATA[Pictures of new species discovered in West Africa]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered significant populations of new, rare and threatened species in one of the largest remaining blocks of tropical forest in West Africa, reports Conservation International (CI).  The findings underscore the need to conserve the area's high biological richness.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1206-new_species_ghana.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Looming desertification could spawn millions of environmental refugees]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Africa may be able to feed just 25% of its population by 2025 if soil degradation on the continent continues at its current pace, according to a water expert presenting at an upcoming United Nations University (UNU) conference on desertification in Algiers, Algeria. Karl Harmsen, Director of UNU's Ghana-based Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, says that should soil conditions continue to decline in Africa, nearly 75% of the continent could come to rely on some sort of food aid by 2025.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Forest protection could earn tens of millions for Ghana]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ghana could earn tens of millions of dollars for reducing its deforestation rate under a carbon-trading initiative proposed by a coalition of developing countries and under discussion this week at U.N. climate talks in Nairobi, Kenya.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1106-ghana.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Goodbye to West Africa's Rainforests]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[West Africa's once verdant and extensive rainforests are now a historical footnote. Gone to build ships and furniture, feed hungry mouths, and supply minerals and gems to the West, the band of tropical forests that once extended from Guinea to Cameroon are virtually gone. The loss of West Africa's rainforests have triggered a number of environmental problems that have contributed to social unrest and exacerbated poverty across the region.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0122-forests.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cocoa innovations could help West Africa escape poverty]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ghana is leading efforts to use waste from cocoa farming to produce household products and drinks -- from fertilizer and soap to wine and brandy -- that will boost income for poor farmers.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0922-reuters.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Builder of rainforest canopy walkways believes conservation can be profitable]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This month's issue of The Ecological Finance Review details Greenheart Conservation Company, a for-profit company that designs, builds and operates conservation based canopy walkways (canopy trails) and other nature-based attractions around the world. Operating on the premise that conservation can be economically viable, Greenheart believes that is has already become a "model of how to shift gears from an industrial to a green economy." Greenheart has developed or is developing canopy walkways in Peru, Nigeria, Madagascar, Ghana, Brazil, Guyana, the United Kingdon, and Canada.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0920-ecostructure.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Studying the rainforest canopy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Global Canopy Programme, a groundbreaking new project dedicated to studying rainforest canopies, is about to enter the implementation stage in five tropical forests across the globe. Headed by Dr. Andrew Mitchell of Oxford University, the project will place giant cranes in Brazil, Ghana, India, Madagascar and Malaysia]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0421x-tina_butler.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ghana: Environmental Profile]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An overview of tropical rainforets found in Ghana.  Includes forest cover and deforestation statistics.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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