🌱 Can restoring forests rebuild entire communities? In this powerful episode of Tangelic Talks, co-hosts Victoria Cornelio and Andres Tamez speak with Kwame Sekyere — environmental scientist, project manager at Tropenbos Ghana, and a leader in community-centered forest restoration.
Kwame works at the heart of the Forest Restoration for Diversity and Livelihoods Project, part of TerraFund for AFR100, helping restore degraded forests while empowering women, youth, and rural farmers with new livelihood opportunities.
From climate-smart agriculture to community governance, Kwame shares how restoring forests is not just about planting trees — it’s about restoring people, culture, and resilience.
🌍 Episode Highlights
🌿 Why Ghana's forests are degrading — and the drivers of deforestation
👥 How community-led restoration is transforming rural livelihoods
🏞️ Bridging science, tradition & local knowledge at Tropenbos Ghana
🌾 Climate-smart agriculture — what it really means
🐝 Beekeeping, mushrooms & alternative incomes for farmers
🌳 Native species, biodiversity loss & restoring ecosystems
🚰 Forests, rivers & water security — the hidden connection
🤝 Government–NGO–community collaboration
📉 Barriers: illegal mining, land tenure, funding challenges
🌎 COP & climate finance from the Global South perspective
💡 Why restoration must start with people, not trees
🔹 About Our Guest: Kwame Sekyere is an environmental scientist and Project Manager at Tropenbos Ghana, helping communities restore forests while strengthening livelihoods, food security, and climate resilience.
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Kwame works at the heart of the Forest Restoration for Diversity and Livelihoods Project, part of TerraFund for AFR100, helping restore degraded forests while empowering women, youth, and rural farmers with new livelihood opportunities.
From climate-smart agriculture to community governance, Kwame shares how restoring forests is not just about planting trees — it’s about restoring people, culture, and resilience.
🌍 Episode Highlights
🌿 Why Ghana's forests are degrading — and the drivers of deforestation
👥 How community-led restoration is transforming rural livelihoods
🏞️ Bridging science, tradition & local knowledge at Tropenbos Ghana
🌾 Climate-smart agriculture — what it really means
🐝 Beekeeping, mushrooms & alternative incomes for farmers
🌳 Native species, biodiversity loss & restoring ecosystems
🚰 Forests, rivers & water security — the hidden connection
🤝 Government–NGO–community collaboration
📉 Barriers: illegal mining, land tenure, funding challenges
🌎 COP & climate finance from the Global South perspective
💡 Why restoration must start with people, not trees
🔹 About Our Guest: Kwame Sekyere is an environmental scientist and Project Manager at Tropenbos Ghana, helping communities restore forests while strengthening livelihoods, food security, and climate resilience.
✨ Explore More
🌐 Website: www.TangelicLife.org
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tangeliclife/
🐦 Twitter/X: https://x.com/Tangelic_
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tangelic/
👍 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tangelic.org
💬 Conversation Starter: What role should forests play in global climate strategy? Share in the comments 👇
👍 Like, Comment, Share & Subscribe
🔖 #TangelicTalks #ForestRestoration #GhanaForests #LandscapeRestoration #TropenbosGhana #AFR100 #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #NatureBasedSolutions #EcosystemRestoration #Biodiversity #SustainableLandUse #CommunityLedConservation #LivelihoodDevelopment #RuralResilience #WomenAndYouthEmpowerment #StopDeforestation #ClimateFinance #GlobalSouthVoices #Tangelic
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00:00as you were saying right the global north sort of tries to focus on itself it tends to try to just
00:06like okay we're gonna keep all of our resources even though uh we could be focusing on the global
00:11south and they don't admit that much so it's it's sort of an easy an easy win to help them
00:17with the reforestation to help them with green initiatives um but they sort of just tend towards
00:23wanting to stay in their own circles through various actions by climate activists we are trying
00:29to reduce um greenhouse gas emission because of the 1.5 degrees celsius target that we all want rich
00:37you know because we believe that um once the um the environment is restored it's something that is
00:44going to benefit not only ghanians but the whole global world so that is something that we are also
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01:00music welcome to tangelic talks your go-to podcast from tangelic where we dive into the vibrant world
01:07of clean energy development sustainability and climate change in africa we bring you inspiring
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01:24started welcome to tangelic talks a podcast at the intersection of energy equity and empowerment
01:33with your co-host victoria cornelio and andres thomas in today's episode we're talking with
01:38kami setre he's an environmental scientist and passionate forest restorer from ghana he leads the forest
01:44restoration for diversity and livelihoods project in asante akim south supported by terra fund for f
01:51afr 100 where he's bringing degraded forests back to life while creating sustainable livelihoods for
01:58women and youth this is very exciting welcome kami thank you so how did you get into this line of work
02:06how does one become a forest restorator hello everyone so i'm a project manager at tropimus ghana so um
02:15tropimus is a non-governmental organization we are leading organization dedicated to sustainable forest
02:22management and landscape restoration so basically the organization was started in 2001 so it started as
02:31um a program that was being implemented by tropimus international so you know i'm tropimus international
02:39is also based in the netherlands and then they brought this um program in ghana um for um you know for
02:47first um five years to be implemented so when things were successful another five years was also done
02:55so after the whole five years um we evolved into another um a full autonomous organization that was
03:03from 2000 or 2017 so there we became um tropimus ghana so from there now um we are into um forest
03:12restoration and then basically with us our mission is basically um to influence forest policy and also
03:20um enhance livelihood and as well as promote sustainable development yeah so um within the past decade
03:28um i have been in the organization um basically in projects related to um landscape restoration
03:36community driven initiatives so that is how i have been and then um i've been supporting in terms
03:42of um yeah community ways and others yeah so that is how i started the whole process yeah thank you
03:48that's incredible and how like what drew you into working on forest restoration and land use what is
03:54it that motivates you about this kind of work you know i have a passion for communities you know and
04:01also the people um when we look at our theme we are looking at forests and people so um when you have a
04:07thriving people and thriving communities that's also an important aspect that i really have a passion because
04:13um everyone on this planet should have a purpose so mine is to see that the communities are thriving
04:20so in my work when i see communities are you know having their basic needs met so for them what they
04:26usually need is just basically having the basic essentials um you know uh alternative livelihood supported
04:34and also they are into farming so you know supporting their um their farming activities and others so that
04:40drives me you know as an ngo supporting these activities that's basically where um okay uh can
04:47we know a little bit more about the the issues that forest have in in ghana like what are what are
04:53the what has degraded them over the years um because you know every every single depending on geography
04:59like there's so many different causes for forests to degrade right uh it's not just uh it obviously
05:05humans have something to do with it but there's also blights um global warming like stuff like that
05:11all can affect the forest so yeah uh tell us a little bit more about that yeah all right so in ghana
05:18basically um the forest has been degrading um largely due to agricultural expansion you know um the
05:27community or the um the people we need to eat so um there has been that expansion that is going on and
05:34recently there is um advent of illegal mining you know um so there too that is also something that
05:42is also affecting the forest um you know deforestation in ghana and then also we can also talk about
05:49illegal logging people are logging without permits and that is and then um the insecure um land and
05:55also tree tenure where farmers have no um guarantee they will benefit from the trees they plant
06:01you know so that's also affecting these processes so like um these are some of the things that are
06:06i can say are also causing um these um impacts yeah that we have so it's really hard i can imagine to
06:13balance what the community needs and the forest restoration and land do so how do you guys approach
06:19that in order to approach you know um what the community needs so what we usually do is that we
06:26work hand in hand today with them you know as a non-governmental organization um when we identify
06:31a problem you know um we develop or design projects along these lines and then solicits for funding if
06:38there is a call we include the communities that we are working with in these lines you know so that's
06:44also something that um we do so once um we are successful we can draw out the challenges you know
06:50through i know planting trees and other stuff so that's also something that we are trying to bridge
06:55the gap that we have yeah yeah and what do you think are some of the issues that the community
07:01is facing specifically what are some of the things that you as an organization are tackling one aspect
07:07that we do is more or less um you know some communities they have um patches of land or
07:13degraded agricultural lands so we support them to grow native trees so there what we do is that um
07:20we have some kind of a forum with them and then um we ask them so um which type of species do you want
07:26us to grow so they are online maybe um um i i terminalia ivarensis terminalia um superba mahogany um
07:37kaya ivarensis you know these um economic species then we will support them plant within these areas
07:42and also in those settings they can also say okay uh we are into um we are a farming community so what
07:49you can do to support us is basically um support us in terms of some alternative livelihoods you know
07:55they can mention it like maybe um a snail production beekeeping mushroom so we can also through those
08:03actions also support them there are also instances where we can also support them in terms of maybe those
08:08okay um we need a boho you know um we can also you know through those projects support them so it
08:15depends on the specific needs you know we've had instances where um you might have maybe a preconceived
08:22notion that okay um i want to give this to the community but meanwhile something that they might not
08:28need so it's good that you have a dialogue with them before any intervention you give you know you do you
08:33give them that has been the um the process that we yeah i was just gonna say i think it's one of the
08:39amazing things when you're able to do community engagement and actually go into a community and
08:45talk to them because we might have an idea of what the solution is but you might not even understand
08:50the root of an issue if you don't talk to communities so how do you approach that dialogue
08:56when you're going to start a project when you're thinking of ideation how do you begin that engagement
09:01it is the community so it depends there are some projects that what we do is that we implement in
09:07an already known communities if it's a fresh community you have to do what we call um community
09:13entry so they um you meet the elders or the chiefs of the community so um that is the first um the
09:20first step you know there so when you engage them then they will call the various or the respective
09:26elders and then you know just in an um open forum you share um the objectives of whatever you want
09:33to do and then you tell them and then if they have any um um idea or the expectations they also share
09:40with you you know so from there um they can give you maybe a focal person within the community that oh
09:48you can be engaging with this person yes so the person can go ahead and you know share with you
09:54and the nitty-gritties of the various um actions or points that you need to know so that has been the
10:02the path that we take it will help you guide you do you find that it's an easy process or is there
10:08resistance entering community sometimes or does it depend on the community we have had some experiences
10:13you know there are some community but largely a lot of them are very respected so there was some
10:20experience where we entered one community and then um the chief like was questioning us um who gave you
10:27the authority to be here what papers you have but most of them they are open like uh they are respective
10:33so it was that instant that we found a little surprising like um why are you here like who gave
10:39you to get it because of that the only outcome was for us to examine that community and then later the
10:45chief regretted and say oh but but you know because already it's uh about 60 communities that you are
10:53traveling so if someone is showing um you know resistance meanwhile we are working with time and
11:00also maybe we have we usually set a timeline like two weeks to come around um about 60 communities so if
11:06someone is showing resistance you just don't have to yeah so that has been um some instances yeah yeah that
11:13makes sense and how can climate smart practices improve resilience for rural communities especially
11:20in africa is this something that we should be working on more is it something that has picked up
11:26lately because it is so good is it just a buzzword like what is climate smart first can you help us
11:32understand that when we look at um climate smart here we are looking at um some three main um areas
11:40so like um trying to increase um productivity and income also looking at helping farmers adapt to
11:46climate change and then reducing um the greenhouse gas um emissions you know um if farmers um are into
11:56this at the end of the day you know being having um good yield and income gives you uh you know a good
12:03living yeah standard and also um the farmers ability to also um adapt you know um
12:10to climate change it's also help them because there too you know that um you are always going to be in
12:16business from time to time and then uh by virtue of the reducing of the greenhouse gas emissions you
12:22know now through various um actions by climate activists we are trying to reduce um greenhouse gas
12:29emission because of the 1.5 degree celsius target that we all want rich you know so in so doing
12:37um you're also helping solve um a global crisis so i think that um that is something that um needs to
12:44be you know um taken into consideration especially from the perspective of the farmer that can also be
12:49considered and specifically with forest restoration what role does it play in addressing both climate
12:57change and biodiversity loss so when we look at um forest restoration um it's basically um about
13:03bringing um degraded land back to life so it's not only about um planting trees but it's also about
13:11um protecting the natural regeneration and also improving um soil you know restoring biodiversity and
13:18also making sure um the people benefit so here um within um troppin was or where i work
13:25so um we have a garden principle that restoration must start with the people
13:29so when um local communities see the value in the forest they will also protect them
13:34so um in some of our work we do work with some kind of um a committee we call them um community
13:41resource management committees so these are local groups they are made up of farmers um other youth
13:47groups women and others so their purpose is basically to govern their landscapes together and this
13:54community gives people the voice and ensure that um restoration restoration is um locally owned so um
14:02it helps in that aspect that we can also share and are these projects focused on training the local
14:09community to be able to carry them out as well in our um actions what we do most of the time is we call
14:17something i'm training of um trainers so you know drawing project initiatives we have um leaders so their
14:27whole purpose is that um you know because of limited funds in donor funds or dinner um bridges you cannot
14:34always bring all farmers on board so what we do is that we look through and see those who are vocal
14:43those who are able to train at this and then we select them and then we provide them with um the
14:48necessary capacities you know um workshops and then we teach them so that at the end of the day they
14:54are able to transmit or transfer the training to their peers so that's also something that um we've been
15:01doing so we call the training of trainers so there in order for for these trainings to be you know um
15:07to be perpetuity we try to include um extension officers or um should i say government officials
15:14so that at least um they also know what is going on so that in case the uh project implemented we are
15:21not there at least the government um especially if it's about forestry we involve the forest service
15:27vision is about a great we involve the agriculture the essential offices so that they will be there to
15:32see what is going on so that they can you know continue because you know every project has a lifespan
15:39so you know our case most of our projects four years once it's it ended although we put sustainability
15:45measures there you know um they they need some kind of a government institution to take it out
15:51so that's also something that uh we do yeah you've maintained like like make sure that everything
15:56it's still rolling right what have been the like how much is there a number like do we know a number
16:04of like the deforestation that that has happened or the the effects uh on the on the forest and like
16:10is there like any specifics uh fauna anything specific that's been affected that uh like anything
16:18specific endangered or anything like that that has come from this so through the deforestation um what
16:24we know is that um at least there are native species um that are being lost um in ghana like and also
16:34have some um fauna because you know there are some specific um tree species that some especially some
16:40best even they require to be on so if they are not there they can't try and also some animals they also
16:46require some so that that is also something that is um uh should i say uh uh something that is
16:54within or happening so that is also something that we are trying to address so um it's uh a thing
17:01that uh in ghana too the last time i was reading i think um let me just try to get the facts uh right
17:09in terms of the the deforestation that we are facing yeah in ghana so i would just have to confirm the
17:17figure because it was enormous because and that's why a lot of interventions are being put in place
17:23you know now there are um like um af100 trying to restore one million trees in africa so we didn't
17:31gather to we are also um part of the process like about two million um trees that we need to also um
17:39grow or plant so these are interventions that we are also trying to you know um so these are all um
17:45actions that we are trying to keep the situation because we believe that um once the um the
17:50environment is restored it's something that is going to benefit not only ghanaans but the whole global
17:57world so that is something that we are also trying to respond definitely and i think that's something
18:02that a lot of people when we talk about forests in the climate conversation we don't really
18:08pause to think about what that means so what's something you wish more people understood about
18:14forests and their power to help us fight the climate crisis i believe that um as people we should know
18:22that once we protect the forest like there's a saying that when the last tree um dies the last man dies
18:30or something you know you know once we protect the trees it's our lives that we are protecting
18:37so um we should pay much attention because um if you have all the various um the cars the various um
18:45necessary things and then you don't have a good air to breathe what is the essence you get to that so
18:51like um you know protecting the environment because and also you know the the forest as as a whole
18:56they serve as a carbon sink you know absorbing the various carbon dioxide you know that is being
19:02produced in the um the various parts of the world so as part of um um as as people so i believe that is
19:10essential that you know we pay attention to our restoration needs and in so doing you know um it
19:17creates some kind of a win-win situation so just look at communities um you know they are fringing within
19:24the communities all they have is um their forest you know that's where they have their lives so if this
19:31forest is taking away from them what what else would they have they get it so like if they are planting
19:37these trees at the end of the day we are helping resolve a global crisis you know to prevent global
19:43warming and also these people to um they continually get um some kind of non-forest uh tumor food that put
19:49us from the uh from the forest you know that's also something that and also when the trees or the
19:55forest are there it protects water bodies and we all know that water gives lives you know there are a
20:00lot of people who depends on rivers within their forest or like yes so when these forests are normal
20:08it dries them up and then without water you know living becomes difficult so i believe that we should all um
20:14um pay some kind of attention or um you know um be worried about you know protecting the forest and
20:22at the end of the day it's the world in general that is um uh being preserved because it's we should
20:28not be you know thinking about our selfish needs and those things yeah so i believe that it's important
20:33that um we take that into consideration yeah thank you i really like that because it really touches on
20:39what we talk about when it comes to climate justice it's not just about protecting nature but also
20:44looking out for people and what they need within this holistic approach and i like how you how
20:50you've explained that everything feeds into one another so if the forest is okay that means the
20:55rivers still flow which means the community gets what they need everything's entangled and sometimes
21:01we try to fight climate change in silos like this is what we should do for this and that over there
21:07and we forget that there's a through line and all these things and that's something that probably
21:12a cop is lost many times so i wanted to what what is the experience like is it frustrating yeah so for
21:21me personally you know um i have had the experience of attending about three cops so i started my journey
21:28in um egypt and then move on to um united arab emiris and then azerbaijan and then i even have plans to
21:36also attend brazil yeah so basically um you know um you see um the passion that people have to you
21:44know help you know save the environment or the world you know we've been fighting for this um 1.5
21:52degrees celsius warming to be you know um minimized because above that we are going to have a warm or a global
21:59warming that um it's unprecedented so um at cop what people are trying to simply do is that um what
22:08people are trying to do is that um we are trying to prevent global warming so we are putting measures
22:13in place so measures you see that um those who are polluting the polluters pay so if you are polluting the
22:20pay you pay and then those who are also conserving they continually conserve so in in so doing so what
22:27people are also advocating for is about climate financing so what we know is that within the
22:33global south we don't um emit more carbon dioxide compared to the global node so um we are pushing
22:41that um a lot of finances come into restoration activities so that people will continue protecting
22:48or preserving or conserving the um the forest other than that then um the global south will say okay
22:55um let's also cut and then develop just like what the global north has done and then at the end of the
23:00day it's the global effects that we are going to face you get it so like if there is a balance that
23:06okay the hammer has already been caused so let's try to resolve the situation so that's why people are
23:12pushing for the balance to be done so you know that's also why uh and this is um uh nationally determined
23:18contributions are also being employed so governments are employed to bring out ambitious
23:25and this is you know just to you know see how things can be resolved yeah so basically um i believe
23:31that human it takes uh time or process human don't change overnight so if you want to bring a process
23:39or a change you know continually persistent gradually you know will bring about a change because if you
23:46force someone into submission definitely once the person gets freedom it's the person will explode again
23:51but if the person understands why there is need to do a b c you get it so that's what i believe
23:58that the purpose is so gradually i think um it will get the people will you know be thinking about
24:05green energy green businesses and other stuff yeah slowly but surely it's been 30 cops so it is slowly
24:12but surely it sounds very frustrating the process of following cop
24:18um from what i've heard from victoria um can we can we get like for the just normal person like
24:25what is cop like what exactly is the why does it exist and and what do you what do you do you think
24:32it's doing something as you were saying right the global north sort of tries to focus on itself
24:39it tends to try to just like okay we're gonna keep all of our resources even though uh we could be
24:44focusing on the global south and they don't emit that much so it's it's sort of an easy an easy win
24:50to help them with the reforestation to help them with green initiatives um but they sort of just tend
24:56towards wanting to stay in their own circles a little bit more about like the goals and and do you
25:04think you have a positive outlook looking forward about it yeah okay all right so um basically um so
25:12when we look at the conference of um parties so here um we are looking at um a periodic meeting
25:18you know um where um government um parties you know or uh they are parties to the international
25:24conventions you know such as the united nation framework convention on climate change or the whole
25:30framework convention you know um they view implementation and negative um effects so basically um
25:38so it's more or less a decision making um body you know so where um supreme decision making body for
25:45a specific international treaty i meet and it's more or less an annual um meeting you know that is for the
25:52past um 30 years as you know that for the conference of parties the climate change corps you know so
25:58there too um parties also get opportunities to negotiate you know and also advocate on objectives or
26:04whatever they want to see and they build more or less consensus you know so many cops adapt decisions by
26:11consensus requiring all parties to participate to agree and then um is something that um basically
26:19originated from the rio convention treaties that was developed in 1992 you know by the earth summit in
26:27rio de genero so basically um the aim to tackle major environmental challenges so i believe that um
26:34as we tackle this there is definitely going to be a change you know so as i already said change takes
26:41time so with time we are going to see um the change being happening yeah so trying to get the world on
26:49the same page and that sounds very frustrating it sounds like it takes 30 cups because yeah you know
26:57there are a lot of also bodies especially the super rich people you know example if a super rich person
27:04has been gaining funds from um oil and coal and others and now all of a sudden people are telling
27:12oh going into um green energy they have not even have time to you know invest in this green energy so
27:18that means if he is just cutting he's looking at the loss at the immediate loss you know so that's
27:23why it's taking the time so right now i believe that they i believe they have strategic plans they know
27:28that with time they are going to be sidelined so they've started making investments in these green
27:34energies so that's why it's taking the yeah but definitely i think they will have to you know move
27:39into that aspect and then others yeah so that's why the process is taking because they have the power
27:44right now they have the billions controlling the process so that's why decisions are not abrupt yeah
27:49because it's all it's a slow building pressure for the for the big companies to just and then
27:55do something and then they are trying to also make adjustments to their strategies and eventually i
28:00think when they also align things because at the end of the day we want to live in a world where um
28:07is co-existent like um it's not like um everyday climate change and those things yeah so we believe
28:13that we will get there one day but slowly but surely and what's the international conversation whether at
28:20cop or international forums around forest restoration is this something that is specific to ghana and
28:27the african continent or is this a wider conversation that different communities around the world are
28:32engaging in oh yeah like so when you come to the um the general conversation so now it's now like more
28:38or less the global north global south so when you come to a global um south it's not only african
28:45so some in latin america they are all part like um so they um so the whole idea is that um so they
28:51are looking at nations organizations that don't um usually pollute um you know through the actions
28:59yes uh then they are trying to compensate them because everyone's needs to develop so if i'm going
29:06to develop and then you are not allowing me to cut down trees or other things then you have to
29:12compensate you you know so that's why a lot of um funds are flowing through restoration okay um the
29:18communities do restoration then we will give you this funds so with this fund instead of cutting the
29:23trees to develop you can also use it to other uh productive ventures you know so that's why the
29:29the world is spreading these funds all over yeah so that's uh so it's not only um within the african but
29:35all of that um uh that is i really like that question from victoria and and that's that's a
29:42good answer because i remember yeah um i remember there was um back like 10 years ago there was this
29:50big a lot of conversation about deforestation and about about saving the trees and that conversation
29:58i i feel like on the global perspective or at least among the normal people sort of died away
30:04in my opinion like you don't really see it that much it sort of becomes secondary issue when it
30:09comes to uh when it comes to environment energy and stuff like that um so it's good to know that
30:15people are still talking about it at the very least at the important conferences and there is also
30:20something about when we see forest fires it kind of comes up again because it i think we have a more
30:27holistic view of how everything is interconnected going back to what kwami was saying it's not just
30:33protect the trees but how the trees feed into the community and the water that the communities need
30:38and all these things and we're gonna get nerdier in the blog so make sure to check that out at
30:44angeliclife.org oh yes thank you very much kwami for being here yeah we are going to continue on the
30:51on the blog section of this with a little bit more uh technical information so stay right here
30:57um is there any and if there's anything you want to add at the on the blog any links any any anything
31:05you want to shout out right now then we can go ahead and do that um is there yeah um so um shout
31:11out to um tropimors ghana so that's where i work um so basically um let me just give a something about
31:19tropimors so tropimors is um an environmental ngo so within ghana we are a leading organization
31:27dedicated to sustainable forest management and landscape restoration and then um as an organization
31:33um our mission is basically to influence um forest policy and enhance livelihood and also
31:40promote sustainable development yeah so we do work by generating and also advocating for the application of
31:47knowledge to optimize forest benefits to participatory and collaborative approaches yeah um so the
31:55organization we've been existing since um 2001 and then um we've been um thriving um to date and
32:03then um at least basically permission of looking at true um forests and people so those are the areas
32:09where our focus really are lies and also um all our partners um supporting us especially um
32:17the european union the fau the world bank group um the minister of foreign affairs and other lands
32:25also looking at um global share alliance um ar500 and um uh all other partners you know supporting us
32:35through um you know project intervention and that is yeah shout out to them it takes a village to do this
32:40all right yeah all right yeah so thank thank you very much for joining us we will see you in the
32:46yeah all right bye bye
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