Save Ghana Frogs

• Habitat Restoration and Conservation: Focus on replanting native threatened tree species and establishing Community Resource Management Areas (CREMAs) in the Sui River Forest Reserve to restore critical habitats.
• Capacity Building and Education: Engage in training and mentoring future Ghanaian amphibian biologists through community empowerment programs, specialized workshops, and the “Young Scholars Program.”
• Alternative Livelihoods: Implement programs such as beekeeping, mushroom cultivation, and snail farming  to support their livelihoods and replace income generated through illegal activities in the forest.
• Advocacy and Policy Lobbying: Review political manifestos and advocate for stronger government protections for Globally Significant Biodiversity Areas (GSBA).
• Scientific Research and Monitoring: Conduct regular field surveys to monitor populations of species like the critically endangered Giant Squeaker Frog and identify previously unrecorded amphibians.

Save Ghana Frogs (originally SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana) was born from the personal journey of its founder, Gilbert Adum, coming from a hunting tribe where frog hunting was an indigenous tradition, and whose awareness of global threats to amphibians has fueled a new passion for their protection – especially since Ghana had no dedicated conservation structure. A major catalyst was the discovery in 2009 by Mr. Adum of the grumpy giant frog (Arthroleptis krokosua) in the Sui River Forest Reserve, an extinct raw species. The organization was officially created in September 2011, the first non-profit structure in West Africa dedicated exclusively to amphibians, in response to the degradation of Ghanaian ecosystems (more than 80% of the original tropical forests cleared, a third of the country’s amphibians threatened). She changed her name to Save Ghana Frogs in September 2020 after nine years under her original name.