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This project is submitted to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for funding. It will be implemented by the Ghana Forestry Commission (FC), with the technical support of the Global Shea Alliance and the UN Development Program (UNDP), in collaboration with multiple national and local governing institutions, civil society representatives and private sector actors who will meaningfully and effectively participate in its further design, implementation and benefits. This project seeks to enhance forest carbon stocks across the landscape by 1) restoring 200,000 hectares of off-reserve savannah forests/woodlands and place them under self-financing community management in Community Resource Management Areas (CREMA); 2) restoring 100,000 hectares of degraded shea parklands; 3) creating 25,500 hectares of modified taungya system/forest plantation in severely degraded forest reserves, and; 4) implementing an integrated monitoring system and completing the national REDD+ architecture for safeguards, forest monitoring and reporting systems. These actions will deliver 6.139 million tCO2e in emission reductions and removals over the first seven years of the project's lifetime and 25.24 million tCO2e over 20 years. The project will directly strengthen the livelihoods and climate resilience of 100,200 people (78,850 women and 21,350 men). Restoration of trees, decreased deforestation and fire management covering almost 500,000 hectares will indirectly contribute to the retention of soil moisture, the reduction of evapotranspiration and maintenance of soil fertility.