About us
Established in 1999, as Eden Conservation Society, A Rocha Ghana (ARG) has emerged as a committed environmental NGO providing practical conservation interventions aimed at contributing to the sustainable management of important ecological habitats and initiating programmes aimed at facilitating target community’s ability to adapt to current trends in climate change and the impacts of a changing natural environmental. In 2003 Eden officially became part of the A Rocha family (network). Working from four field bases, A Rocha Ghana conducts research and provides training to help communities protect some of the most biodiverse and threatened habitats throughout the country: mangroves on which coastal fishing communities depend; Atewa Forest and its surrounding villages; Lake Bosomtwe and its forest/wetland system; and the arid savannah surrounding Mole National Park. A Rocha Ghana leads the campaign to protect Atewa forest from bauxite mining. As part of helping each village manage their land, A Rocha Ghana provides training in alternative livelihoods like beekeeping and fungi farming.
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