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Commonwealth NGOs
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 Green Earth Organization
P.O.Box AN16641
Accra-North
Ghana
Email: greeneth@ghana.com
Website:
Type: NGO
Scope: national
Interest in Forestry: peripheral
Description
The aim of Green Earth Organization is to help halt environment degradation, conserve and restore the
environment geared toward sustainable development.
Objectives/Purpose : To promote and undertake tree planting
-To promote and undertake water conservation activities
-To educate the public to create awareness on the need to protect the environment
-To promote development that mainstreams environment conservation and gender equity
-To engage in policy analysis, lobby and advocacy towards sustainable use of natural resource
-Energy conservation activities
-Forest and biodiversity conservation activities.
Expanded Area of Activities: GEO has expanded its activities in lobby and advocacy towards sustainable
management of the forest. Besides, it has as part of its policy changes, ensured that all
projects that are planned and implemented, to mainstream gender needs.
In addition to that, most programmes planned have mainstreamed poverty reduction activities to
address the fundamental cause of environment degradation which tend to undermine protection of the
environment and sustainable development. Another major activity is education to create awareness
about the danger of HIV/AIDs pandemic.
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