Agricultural expansion and mining drive forest loss in Ghana despite declining deforestation rates: Evidence from a national-scale assessment
Patrick Addo-Fordjour, Francis Emmanuel Awortwi, Caleb Ezekiel Obodai, Francis Boakye Aboagye, Christine Naa Lamiley France, Nana Serwaa Boakye Kusi-Appiah, Derrick Oppong · 2026
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Patrick Addo-Fordjour and six co-authors measure forest loss across Ghana in this twenty twenty-six study. Past counts of lost forest in Ghana varied a lot and covered only single reserves or small areas. That left the true scale and causes in doubt.
Using space images from three points across a decade, the team mapped land cover for the whole country and tracked change. Farm growth and mining drove most of the clearing, even as the yearly rate of loss fell. A national picture with named causes can help Ghana aim its forest policy and guard what remains.
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| CREATOR | Patrick Addo-Fordjour, Francis Emmanuel Awortwi, Caleb Ezekiel Obodai, Francis Boakye Aboagye, Christine Naa Lamiley France, Nana Serwaa Boakye Kusi-Appiah, Derrick Oppong |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 52 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |