Proof on the ground: why companies should watch Yendi’s forest restoration coalition
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Proof on the ground: why companies should watch Yendi’s forest restoration coalition

Otema Yirenkyi, Co-Founder, Nviron Hive
Published August 11, 20266 min read

Ghana loses 315,000 hectares of forest every year. In 2024 alone, that figure was 77,000 hectares, land that, once gone, takes decades and far more capital to recover than it would have cost to protect.

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