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19 October 2015 Ghana

Ghanaian Youth not interested in Plantation Development

Only eight percent of the youth within the age range of 26 to 35 years living in forest fringe communities are involved in any form of tree plantation activities, according to a research conducted by Tropenbos International (TBI) Ghana under its Landscape Restoration Project (LRP).

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04 September 2015 Ghana

Private Tree Growers to Form Associations to Promote their Interest

Private tree growers in Ghana have expressed concern about the unfair prices of trees, difficulties in securing high quality seeds for nursery and tree plantation establishment as well as the lack of technical training and extension services for tree growers by the Forest Services Department (FSD) of the Forestry Commission (FC).

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04 September 2015 Ghana

Forestry Commission Should Make Prices of Trees Public

The lack of awareness about tree prices as well as the value of the various tree species, especially the Lesser Used Species (LUS) among private plantation developers makes them gullible to exploitation by buyers and consumers who pay them far below the real value of their trees.

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07 August 2015 Ghana

A giant step towards formalizing Artisanal Milling

To support the continuous training and operations of artisanal millers to curb illegalities and conflicts associated with chainsaw milling, whilst addressing livelihood and VPA issues, the EU Chainsaw milling project supported the Forestry Commission to purchase a modern wood processing equipment, an LT 40 WoodMizer. The equipment has been installed at FCTC which will now become the national training center for artisanal millers. The equipment was out-doored at the 13th Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue meeting of the project at FCTC in Kumasi.

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30 July 2015 Ghana

Overland Export of Timber from Ghana: A Silent Cancer

Aside Ghana increasing its efforts to address illegal logging and milling to secure the supply of legal timber to the domestic market, the country has to pay special attention to the overland export of timber. Ghana has a long history as a major supplier of high-value hardwood timber and wood products to European, Asian and African markets. As a signer of the Voluntary Partnership agreement with the EU, Ghana has a commitment not only to export legal wood but also source and trade in legal timber on the domestic market. A study conducted by the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana has brought to the limelight the overland trade in wood and wood products as a vibrant one but largely illegal.

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30 July 2015 Ghana

Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue in Ghana Formally Institutionalised

A culture of stakeholder consultation in decision making in the forestry sector is gaining space through the institutionalization of the multi-stakeholder dialogue (MSD). During the 13th MSD meeting of the EU Chainsaw Milling project which took place at the Forestry Commission Training Center in Kumasi on 16th July, 2015 the National Forest Forum- Ghana (NFF-G) accepted to merge with the MSD platform established by the EU Chainsaw milling project.

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