Nviron Hive unites with business community in reforestation drive in Northern Region

Nviron Hive unites with the business community in a reforestation drive in the Northern Region. Nviron Hive and Tree Aid have mobilised a coalition of businesses to fund the planting of 100,000 trees and regenerate a further 100,000 through assisted natural regeneration across 1,300 hectares in Yendi, Northern Region.

Ghana has lost 77,000 hectares of natural forest in 2024 alone, at a national rate of 315,000 hectares per year. The programme directly supports the President's "Tree for Life Campaign" and Ghana's Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement. Across ten communities in the Yendi Municipality, the initiative is set to create over 250 seasonal jobs, train 1,250 farmers in climate-smart agriculture, and directly benefit 1,550 people, with a further 3,000 reached indirectly. Seventy percent of the ten Village Tree Enterprises will be women-led. Participating farming families are projected to see household incomes rise by 20-25% through inclusive agroforestry value chains in shea, honey, and moringa production and marketing. Otema Yirenkyi, Co-Founder of Nviron Hive, said, "Ghana loses 77,000 hectares of forest every year. The Coalition of Businesses exists because we refuse to let that define our country's future. What we are building in Yendi is proof that Ghana's private sector can - and must - lead on climate action." Tree Aid has planted and nurtured over 11.1 million trees in northern Ghana since 1994 and manages 7,853 hectares in Ghana and 264,000 hectares globally under