Oryem Denish, a member of the co-op, explains: “The clan leader here has made a local law to protect the shea nut tree. Because nowadays, it’s the shea nut that is the key … When they catch ...

while the other tree species have about 194.4 total carbon per tree. Shea nuts tosting process near Chiana, Kassena Nankana District, Ghana. Image by Axel Fassio/CIFOR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).