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India’s forest cover now stands at around 24%, but a significant part of that area has lost much of its tree cover.

Indias forest cover increased marginally to 24.62%: Survey

Shea butter farming can drive living standards and business prospects in Ghana.  A project to replenish savannas also aims to erase red tape that blocks women from building farming businesses.  Our reporter talks to project sponsors and regulators to spell out hopes, metrics, and lessons flowing into and out of this effort.  (Courtesy Ghana Forestry Commission.) Can this soil nourish entrepreneurs as well as crops?  In Ghana, forests rich in gold, timber, and other products back a mainly ag...