This project is funded under the TerraFund for AFR100, an initiative led by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in partnership with One Tree Planted and Realize Impact
This project is funded under the TerraFund for AFR100, an initiative led by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in partnership with One Tree Planted and Realize Impact. TerraFund was established to provide financial and technical support to locally led restoration projects across Africa under the AFR100 (African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative). The fund supports community-driven solutions that restore degraded landscapes, enhance climate resilience, and generate sustainable livelihoods.
Through this funding window, TerraFund invests in high-impact, locally rooted organizations that can contribute to Africa’s restoration commitments under the Bonn Challenge and the Paris Climate Agreement. The initiative emphasizes measurable restoration outcomes, survival rates, carbon sequestration potential, biodiversity protection, and strong Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) systems through the TerraMatch platform.
Under this framework, RAIN is implementing a six-year restoration and livelihood project in the Fum Headwaters Forest Reserve and surrounding forest fringe communities in the Bosome Freho District of Ghana.
The project seeks to restore 34 hectares of degraded forest landscapes using the Modified Taungya System (MTS) and agroforestry approaches. A total of 38,000 trees will be planted, prioritizing 95% indigenous species to enhance ecological integrity and long-term forest resilience. Restoration will be implemented both within the forest reserve (32 ha) and on off-reserve farmlands (2 ha).
Beyond tree planting, the project integrates sustainable livelihood development to address the underlying drivers of forest degradation. Farmers will receive training in agroforestry practices, beekeeping, and other climate-resilient income-generating activities. The project targets 100 direct beneficiaries (50% women, 30% youth), creates 41 paid jobs, and is expected to indirectly benefit approximately 3,000 community members.
By combining forest restoration with economic empowerment, the project contributes to Ghana’s Forest Plantation Strategy (2016–2040), Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and global climate mitigation efforts through carbon sequestration, biodiversity enhancement, and watershed protection.
This project is funded under the TerraFund for AFR100, an initiative led by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in partnership with One Tree Planted and Realize Impact. TerraFund was established to provide financial and technical support to locally led restoration projects across Africa under the AFR100 (African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative). The fund supports community-driven solutions that restore degraded landscapes, enhance climate resilience, and generate sustainable livelihoods.
Through this funding window, TerraFund invests in high-impact, locally rooted organizations that can contribute to Africa’s restoration commitments under the Bonn Challenge and the Paris Climate Agreement. The initiative emphasizes measurable restoration outcomes, survival rates, carbon sequestration potential, biodiversity protection, and strong Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) systems through the TerraMatch platform.
Under this framework, RAIN is implementing a six-year restoration and livelihood project in the Fum Headwaters Forest Reserve and surrounding forest fringe communities in the Bosome Freho District of Ghana.
The project seeks to restore 34 hectares of degraded forest landscapes using the Modified Taungya System (MTS) and agroforestry approaches. A total of 38,000 trees will be planted, prioritizing 95% indigenous species to enhance ecological integrity and long-term forest resilience. Restoration will be implemented both within the forest reserve (32 ha) and on off-reserve farmlands (2 ha).
Beyond tree planting, the project integrates sustainable livelihood development to address the underlying drivers of forest degradation. Farmers will receive training in agroforestry practices, beekeeping, and other climate-resilient income-generating activities. The project targets 100 direct beneficiaries (50% women, 30% youth), creates 41 paid jobs, and is expected to indirectly benefit approximately 3,000 community members.
By combining forest restoration with economic empowerment, the project contributes to Ghana’s Forest Plantation Strategy (2016–2040), Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and global climate mitigation efforts through carbon sequestration, biodiversity enhancement, and watershed protection.
6 years (2026–2032)
