We planted over 200 trees in Ghana and saved frogs!
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Save the Frogs
September 2016

Over the past several years our team has planted nearly 10,000 native trees to re-forest the endangered frog habitat, and we have removed invasive plants from over five hectares of critical habitat. Progress!

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What an incredible 24 hours! Yesterday the SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana Expedition team:

  1. planted over 200 native tree seedlings in the threatened Sui River Forest Reserve;
  2. trained community members in beekeeping to reduce their need to unsustainably harvest resources from the forest;
  3. surveyed the devastating impacts of logging that has polluted sensitive amphibian habitat; and
  4. searched for and found critically endangered frog species!

It was a big day in the Sui River Forest Reserve and we could not have done it without your support! Thanks to the 200+ dedicated SAVE THE FROGS! supporters around the world who have donated to our 2016 amphibian conservation efforts in Ghana.

Here are some of the wonderful highlights from yesterday:

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Thanks to your support, we were able to purchase 30 pairs of rubber boots for these future frog-savers and many other children who live near the Sui rainforest! They love their brand new rubber boots! We all put in a hard day's work as we planted over 200 tree seedlings in the Sui rainforest!

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Community members working together to plant trees and save the frogs!

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SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana Executive Director Gilbert Adum stands next to a tree seedling that was planted last year.

Over the past several years our team has planted nearly 10,000 native trees to re-forest the endangered frog habitat, and we have removed invasive plants from over five hectares of critical habitat. Progress!

You may have noticed that our team is not planting in the actual forest, but rather in a farm within the forest! The Sui River Forest Reserve is managed by the government of Ghana and the people are free to use it for their needs. Unfortunately, this "open access" to the forest causes great harm as the forest has been unsustainably harvested for farming and logging. In order to preserve the forest and the endangered frog habitat within it, SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana has an agreement with community members that if they give up their farm for habitat restoration, they will be trained in an alternate livelihood (beekeeping) that is far more profitable than farming. These commitments between community members and SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana are essential for the long term protection of the forest and thus will protect the Giant Squeaker Frogs! Above you can see Sandra as she poses with the man and woman who work this particular farm. We are grateful for their support!

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These future frog-savers have a bright future in amphibian conservation!


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