{"id":111124,"date":"2023-01-03T16:19:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T15:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/?p=111124"},"modified":"2024-07-15T12:59:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T11:59:59","slug":"community-led-biodiversity-monitoring-to-restore-landscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/story\/community-led-biodiversity-monitoring-to-restore-landscapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Community-led biodiversity monitoring to restore landscapes<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Forest degradation due to charcoal production is a major problem in Ghana. Supported by the German International Climate Initiative (IKI), and coordinated by GIZ the \u201cForest Landscape Restoration through a Sustainable Wood Energy Value Chain<\/a>\u201d project strives to prevent further landscape degradation. It does so by promoting sustainable charcoal production and by restoring the landscape through planting trees and encouraging natural regeneration. IUCN NL with its local partners is responsible for rehabilitation of 700 hectares of degraded natural forests through different restoration methods<\/a>. An important part of these efforts is monitoring of the benefits of restoration for biodiversity.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Header photo: Patrollers from Gurubagu community exploring a biodiversity monitoring app \u00a9 A Rocha Ghana<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Written in cooperation with Godwin Evenyo Dzekoto and Jan Kamstra.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Why the need for biodiversity monitoring?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n
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In Ghana\u2019s transitional zone, between the central and northern part of the country, and the savannah eco zone in which the ecosystem is very fragile, there is a lot of pressure on natural resources. The two zones serve as the hub of charcoal production that supplies the wood energy needs of the entire nation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Over the past decade, the exploitation of timber species such as rosewood has further deepened the wound. These activities are carried out without the necessary sustainability measures in place to ensure its effects are mitigated. Therefore, without setting up good monitoring protocols, it becomes impossible to take proper stock, assess risks, shocks, threats and opportunities of biodiversity within the landscape. Biodiversity monitoring serves as a critical management tool for effective decision making.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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It enables the organisations working in the tropical dry forest to develop solutions to prevent degradation and promote restoration. \u2018Early detection of these trends allows us to adapt to them and incorporate the changes in the way we manage the forest,\u2019 says Godwin Evenyo Dzekoto of A Rocha Ghana<\/a>, one of our partners in the project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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