Ghana

Ghana

Tropenbos International Ghana aims at bridging the gap between forest policy, management and science; providing a forum for discussing forest issues; and carrying out relevant research and training. The objective of the programme is that forestry actors in Ghana deploy sound and adequate information for poverty reduction policies that improve forest-dependent livelihoods and increase forest cover and services in rural areas.

The TBI Ghana programme focuses on the broad theme of forest dependent livelihoods in the High Forest Zone of Ghana, with special emphasis on governance for sustainable forest-related livelihoods. To this end, illegal logging, equity in forest benefit sharing and community rights and responsibilities in forest management are given attention.

Securing legal domestic lumber supply through multi-stakeholder dialogue in Ghana

In spite of being banned in 1998, chainsaw milling continues to be a major supplier of Ghana’s domestic lumber needs. Chainsaw milling helps to sustain rural economies and livelihoods, and banning it fuels illegal practices and conflict. Chainsaw milling challenges Ghana’s ambitions to develop a legal and sustainable forestry sector. Addressing the issue in an equitable way will reduce conflicts in the forest sector, diminish forest degradation and support rural livelihoods.

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Forest Governance and Conflict Management: Understanding forest-related livelihood conflicts from different stakeholders’ perspectives.

The 1994 forestry policy in Ghana gave ‘birth' to the concept of collaboration and decentralisation, with the hope that involvement of all stakeholders and the devolution of power to the lower levels could contribute to sustainable forest management and improvement in forest governance and livelihoods, especially at the community level. True to this, government, through the sector ministry and the forestry commission as well as civil society and the donor community have pursued several programs (establishment of CBOs-CFCS, CBAGs etc, boundary cleaning contract with forest fringe communities, Modified taungya systems etc) all aimed at promoting good forestry governance and livelihood innovations.

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Governance for sustainable forest-related livelihoods in Ghana’s High Forest Zone

One of the main goals of establishing and managing the forests in Ghana by governments and individuals is to have a sustainable resource that can provide livelihoods. However, the various forest dependent livelihoods (FDLs) in Ghana, which should act as sources of income and motivation for sustainable management and conservation of the forests, are not well developed.

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Securing legal domestic lumber supply through multi-stakeholder dialogue in Ghana

Forest Governance and Conflict Management: Understanding forest-related livelihood conflicts from different stakeholders’ perspectives.

Governance for sustainable forest-related livelihoods in Ghana’s High Forest Zone

News

EU keen to support adequate supply of legal timber on the domestic market

Symposium: Halting deforestation and forest degradation in ghana – the missing link

Workshop on ‘Options for Deploying Forest Investment Programme Resources in Ghana'

Publications

Training manual for preparing district forestry plan

Toolkit for tackling corruption and unacceptable practices in the forest sector of Ghana

District Forestry Plans: Assin Fosu Forest Districts