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Ghana has 24.3% or 5,517,000 hectares of forest cover and of this 6.4% or 353,000 hectares is classified as primary forest, the most biodiverse form of forest.
Measuring the total rate of habitat conversion (defined as change in forest area plus change in woodland area minus net plantation expansion) for the 1990-2005 intervals, Ghana lost 27.6% of its woodland habitat.

The Turner Environment Division presents timely environmental , population and social issues in its ongoing series, PEOPLE COUNT, launched in 1993 by Barbara Pyle, Vice President Environmental Policy and CNN's Environmental Editor. PEOPLE COUNT specials air on TBS, CNN and CNNI twice a year. They give a human face to the complex subjects under debate at United Nations Conferences and Summits.

The EPA has this really great tool, the Individual Waste Reduction Model (iWARM), that does a fantastic job of putting things in perspective. The iWARM model translates the energy savings from recycling things like plastic bottles, rather than trashing them, into easy-to-comprehend energy units like, for example, the hours that energy could power your laptop, TV, or a lightbulb. The model includes options for seeing the amount of energy derived from plastic bags, gallon milk jugs, plastic bottles (20-ounce and 2-liter), and detergent bottles. And it’s not just limited to plastic—there are a slew of other recyclable items included: newspapers, aluminum cans, cereal boxes, and more..