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Chainsaw lumber production, a necessary evil?
Everybody knows chainsaw operations destroy the forest. The local
timber market cannot supply the demand. Wood prices are increasing
and the benefit does not go to the local communities. One issue
from different points of view. The focus group discussion on Tuesday
11th November, 2003 brought together key stakeholders to debate
the issue and come up with a way forward. (Download
the report)
Challenges and Opportunities in forest management
Corruption, illegal chainsaw operations, forestry laws and acts,
indigenous knowledge: the forestry sector in Ghana involves many
challenges and opportunities. TBI-Ghana took the opportunity of
the Annual General Meeting of the Ghana Institute of Professional
Foresters 10th-11th of July 2003 to organise a focus group discussion.
A group of over 100 professional foresters discussed challenges
and opportunities in forestry practices, wildlife management, training
and education of the professional foresters and in natural resource
management in general. (Download
the full report )
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