Tree cover loss in Ghana 2022, by dominant cause 2022
As of 2022, tree cover in Ghana extending to an area of 115 kilo-hectares was lost through shifting agriculture, which comprises small- and medium-scale agricultural activities. This was followed by losses that were commodity-driven (3.2 kilo-hectares of tree cover), comprising large-scale deforestation connected primarily to commercial agricultural expansion. Overall, according to the source, 3.9 percent of tree cover loss in Ghana occurred in places where there had been deforestation due to the mentioned dominant drivers.
