Conserving Ghana’s biodiversity: A Spotlight on the potentials in green informatics

Abstract

Rapid biodiversity loss is a global concern with associated impacts on ecosystems and human welfare. But Ghana, a West African country, is not exempt. The country’s biodiversity has been threatened by deforestation and  illegal mining. Green informatics can be used to manage the challenges posed by climate change-related streams and conserve Ghana’s biodiversity. Using green informatics means intelligent solutions to sustainability in biodiversity conservation projects in countries. Green informatics has been utilized for different districts and it is protecting biodiversity that is released as an ecological issue in some nations. Green informatics is relatively new to Ghana and its potential in conserving biodiversity is yet unexplored. This perspective paper examines the idea of green informatics and explores its potential in biodiversity conservation for Ghana. The study opens with a short discussion of biodiversity in Ghana and the threats that it faces. It proceeds by defining the term green informatics, outlining its core elements before broadening into a more detailed exposition on how these may be expected to confer specifically around biodiversity conservation. The paper concludes by emphasizing the importance of green informatics as a necessity for biodiversity conservation in Ghana and further research on this topic.