News
16 May, 2012MSD Platform Successfully Established in Two New Districts
The EU chainsaw milling project has expanded its multi-stakeholder dialogue (MSD) platform to two new forest districts: Tarkwa and Nkwanta.
15 May, 2012TBI Viet Nam holds a successful final phase two workshop
TBI Viet Nam held its final workshop of phase two on April 17th, 2012 in Hue, Viet Nam. The overall objective of the workshop was to evaluate the obtained results compiled by TBI Viet Nam, and to introduce the programme’s orientation thru 2016.
15 May, 2012Workshop to assess the policy and practice of Forest Land Allocation held in Ha Noi
On April 10th, 2012, TBI Viet Nam, with support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), conducted a workshop in Ha Noi entitled, “Forestry Land Allocation: Policy and Practice.” The event was held in cooperation with the Department of Science, Technology and Environment (under MARD) and the Institute of Forest Planning and Inventory (FIPI).
Securing legal domestic lumber supply through multi-stakeholder dialogue in Ghana
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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.
In November 2009, a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between the government of Ghana and the EU was ratified, aiming for the legal production of timber. This agreement includes the production for the domestic market which is supplied for more than 80 percent by chainsaw milled lumber. Since the production of and trade in chainsaw lumber is illegal in Ghana, the implementation of the VPA might have a significant impact on local livelihoods and on timber production in Ghana.
The chainsaw milling project is using multi-stakeholder dialogue (MSD) as the key mechanism for developing a consensus based action plan addressing the problems associated with chainsaw milling. This MSD is fuelled with sound information to facilitate good decision making. Outcomes from this multi-stakeholder process are piloted in ten communities in Ghana: Goaso and Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region, Nkawie and Juaso in the Ashanti Region, Begoro, Kade and Akim Oda in the Eastern Region, Assin Foso in the Central Region, Tarkwa in the Western Region and Nkwanta in the Volta Region.
Duration
2007-2015
Objective
Duration
Publications
Documents
- Report on focus group meeting
- Report on district level meetings
- Stakeholder analysis report, 2nd draft
- Designing a multiple stakeholder dialogue - initial lessons learnt in navigating through conflicts in the Ghana forestry sector
- Report on Regional Workshop on Chainsaw Milling, Ghana
- A landscape approach guiding a multiple stakeholder process to find alternatives for illegal chainsaw lumbering in Ghana – enhanced effectiveness or more confusion?
Partners
Forestry Commission (FC)
Government
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)
Forest Research Institutes
