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TBI Ghana
Silvicultural interventions in tropical moist forest
in Ghana: an assessment of forest response
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| Objective: |
| Logging is currently the main
silvicultural intervention in Ghana. Yield regulation is often
based on arbitrary felling limits and cycles due to inadequate
understanding of the complex forest ecosystem, inadequate knowledge
about the forest’s response to disturbance and inadequate
growth data for rational yield planning and control. This research
project aims to contribute to the development of appropriate
silvicultural systems and growth models for improved forest
management by evaluating the effects of the past silvicultural
treatments on forest condition and productivity. The study will
examine tree growth and mortality rates and the competitive
interactions resulting from the interventions. Other issues
to be assessed include shifts in forest structure and composition,
plant life form diversity and the value of the forest to various
stakeholders |
| Output: |
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Concrete outputs are expected to be:
- Stand projection and growth models, with recommendations
for an improved silvicultural system for Ghana;
- Contribution to a revision of felling limits and felling
cycle based on stand conditions and silvicultural interventions,
with recommendations to Forest Services Division (FSD) for
improvement in future forest management plans;
- FORIG scientist trained to the PhD level, and in-service
training provided to technical staff from FORIG and FSD;
- Recommendations on silvicultural interventions to improve
forest productivity and to foster plant life form diversity,
tree regeneration and ecosystem stability;
- Stakeholder awareness of the relationship between silvicultural
interventions and stand composition and condition increased
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| Status |
| Ongoing project: 2002-2005 |
| Remarks |
| This research takes place at
both Bobiri Forest reserve and Goaso forest district |
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