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Fri, 25 Apr 2025 Feature Article

Reforesting Ghana: Can A Bitcoin-Funded Conservation Revolution Ensure Its Success?

Reforesting Ghana: Can A Bitcoin-Funded Conservation Revolution Ensure Its Success?

In the crucible of the global climate crisis negatively impacting vast swathes of the planet Earth, Ghana could forge a revolutionary solution: harnessing bitcoin mining to fund conservation and regreening efforts. This bold initiative could redefine sustainable development and put Ghana at the forefront of environmental innovation. By partnering with Gridless Compute and leveraging a groundbreaking holy grail clean power idea by a Ghanaian innovator, we can potentially generate clean energy to power bitcoin mining, generating revenue to support a massive tree-planting initiative.

This innovative concept promises emission-free megawatt-scale electricity that's reliable and cheaper than traditional sources like nuclear and hydropower. The benefits are multifaceted: sequestering carbon emissions, boosting Ghana's economy, and creating alternative employment opportunities for those engaged in environmentally destructive activities. By providing viable green economic alternatives, this initiative could curb galamsey and other ecocidal crimes devastating Ghana's biodiversity-rich forest reserves.

The project will be piloted on a 14-square-mile upland evergreen rainforest in the Akyem Juaso section of the Atewa Range, a Globally Significant Biodiversity Area generously provided by my family. Clean energy will power bitcoin mining, with revenue channelled into reforestation efforts, creating a sustainable feedback loop driving economic growth while protecting the environment.

Ghana's experience could serve as a model for countries balancing economic development with environmental protection. By embracing this innovative approach, we can create a new paradigm for sustainable development prioritizing people and the planet.

Let's join forces to make this vision a reality. Together, we can pioneer a greener future for Ghana and the world.

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Kofi Thompson
Kofi Thompson, © 2025

Writer & activist for environmental justice & human rights. . More Born into a farming family, I speak truth to power to amplify the voices of victims of injustice.Column: Kofi Thompson

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