Publications

Chainsaw Milling in Ghana - Context, drivers and impacts. Emmanuel Marfo (January 2010)

This synthesis report examines the evolution of the policy, legal and institutional framework of chainsaw milling in Ghana. Based on new research and a review of recent studies, it provides insights into the social, political, legal and economic factors that drive chainsaw milling and assesses its impacts on livelihoods, forests and the timber sector. The report recommends a number of measures to more effectively regulate the practice to meet stakeholders’ needs and help Ghana achieve sustainable forest management goals.

Chainsaw milling in Guyana - A synopsis of the issues. Rohini Kerrett and Marieke Wit (2009)

This synopsis paper presents an overview of the chainsaw milling sub-sector in Guyana. It is based on the results of a series of studies of the legal and institutional framework, socio-economic drivers and impacts of chainsaw milling. Both strategic and practical interventions are recommended to improve current practices - within the context of sustainable forest management - in order to optimize the benefits to communities that depend on chainsaw milling.

Recommendations for controlling illegal chainsaw milling in Ghana. July 2009
These recommendations follow from a case study of chainsaw milling in Ghana, an international workshop on chainsaw milling (25-26 May 2009 in Accra, Ghana) and a two-day technical working committee meeting.

Designing a multiple stakeholder dialogue - initial lessons learnt in navigating through conflicts in the Ghana forestry sector. A reflection paper, August 2009. By Seth Kwame Ameraku Duodu, William Koranteng, Rebecca Banning Oppan, Kow Quaison , Mercy Serwah Owusu Ansah , James Parker Mckeown , Marieke Wit , Nico Rozemeijer (ed).

Chainsaw milling in Ghana - An overview of the issues. Dr. Emmanuel Marfo (2009)
This overview, examines the evolution of the policy, legal and institutional framework of the chainsaw enterprise, and provides insight into the social, political, legal and economic factors that drive it. It provides recommendations for a more effective regulation of the practice to meet stakeholder needs and to help Ghana achieve sustainable forest management goals.

A landscape approach guiding a multiple stakeholder process to find alternatives for illegal chainsaw lumbering in Ghana - enhanced effectiveness or more confusion? Nico Rozemeijer (2008).