Our Strategy – Herp Conservation Ghana

Our strategy reflects our commitment to practical, locally-led solutions that address urgent environmental threats while improving lives.

Herp Conservation Ghana’s 2025-2029 Strategic Plan is our roadmap for scaling impact and securing a future where both people and wildlife thrive. Built on over a decade of field experience and community trust, the strategy reflects our commitment to practical, locally-led solutions that address urgent environmental threats while improving lives.

We are working in a rapidly evolving context, where Ghana’s policies now recognize the vital role of communities in conservation, and international support for locally led initiatives is growing. Our five strategic pillars position us to lead this shift, amplify amphibian and reptile conservation, and deepen community resilience.

A Roadmap for the Future

Explore how Herp Ghana is shaping community-led conservation

Integrate Conservation in Decision-making

We equip local communities to manage their forests and biodiversity through education, governance training, and the establishment of community-protected areas. Conservation becomes a daily practice, not a distant ideal.

Promote Pro-biodiversity Livelihoods

We support sustainable income-generating activities such as ecotourism, agroforestry, and restoration jobs, which make conservation economically viable and reduce reliance on extractive activities

Protect Endangered Species and Their Habitats

We use rigorous science and grassroots partnerships to restore degraded lands, reduce threats like amphibian bycatch, and expand conservation areas, especially for critically endangered species like the Togo Slippery Frog.

Build a Resilient, Locally Rooted Organization

We are strengthening our systems, leadership, and funding base to grow our impact. Over the next five years, we aim to raise $5 million, expand our team, and enhance internal capacity to deliver results.

Leverage Ghana’s Policy Shift Toward Decentralized Conservation

Our work aligns with emerging national policies that support Community Resource Management Areas (CREMAs) and district-level conservation. We are helping shape this new era by showing what successful, community-led conservation looks like on the ground.

Our Partners

We collaborate with a broad network of local and international partners to amplify our impact

In the news

Conservation of Ghana’s threatened frogs

CSIR-FORIG discovers two potential new species for formal scientific description

Quadruple Protection for the Togo Slippery Frog Reserve in Ghana

A frog believed to be extinct for over 40 years was reidentified in 2005 in the Togo-Volta highlands

First canopy walkway in Volta Region opens

The Volta Region’s first canopy walkway has been opened at the Ote waterfall in the valleys of Amedzofe in the Ho West District.

Herp Conservation Ghana Wins Whitley Awards

Herp Conservation Ghana has received international recognition for their efforts at ensuring that the critically endangered Togo slippery frog is protected

New Cohort Celebration and Onboarding Workshop

Herp Conservation Ghana was privileged to be part of the new restoration champions of Africa for TerraFund AFR100

Our Vision for the Next Chapter