Nature Friendly Livelihoods

Conservation thrives when the people closest to nature are empowered to protect it—and benefit from it.
We believe conservation must benefit the people who practice it. Many Ghanaian communities' limited economic opportunities make extractive, and sometimes illegal, activities the easiest or only way to earn a living. Our Livelihoods program aims to create sustainable income opportunities, like community-managed protected areas, agroforestry, and ecotourism, that reduce pressure on forests and wildlife

What we do

Ecotourism Enterprise Development

Agroforestry Initiatives

Partnerships for Entrepreneurship Training and Skills Development

Our Livelihood Impact

48,000 +

tourists welcomed to the Volta Region’s first canopy walkway.

50+

green jobs created through restoration and ecotourism.

3

pilot project launched for alternative livelihoods in frog-consuming communities

Impact Highlight

A Walkway to Economic Renewal

Our canopy walkway, completed in 2022 in Amedzofe, has become a powerful bridge—literally and metaphorically—between conservation and livelihoods.

The walkway attracted over 48,000 visitors within its first two years, providing income for local households, funding for conservation activities, and a new sense of local ownership over the forest. It’s more than a tourist attraction—it’s proof that protecting biodiversity can be profitable, empowering, and transformative.

The project has created jobs and inspired pride in communities that now see conservation not as a burden, but as a path to prosperity.

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