This manual has been developed to serve as a blueprint for the development of district forestry programmes by administrative districts in Ghana. The goal is to assist District Assemblies to effectively integrate forestry programmes into their respective district development plans to reduce poverty, deforestation and forest degradation. The prescriptions in the manual were informed by our field experiences in developing forestry plans for the Assin and Nadowli Districts Assemblies. It outlines the materials required, stakeholders to be involved and the procedures to be followed for developing a District Forestry Plan. It targets District Forestry Staff, District Coordinating Directorate, District Planning Officers as well as Budget Officers.

This toolkit for combating corruption and unacceptable practices in the forest sector of Ghana has been developed drawing heavily on outcomes of multi-stakeholder consultations and field experiences. The document has been produced to enhance the watch-dog role of forest stakeholders as a means of strengthening law enforcement in the sector. It discusses the nature and elements of corruption and unacceptable practices, the causes and consequences and presents the toolkit, which consists of several different tools. The document suggests possible stakeholders that may be best placed to implement the prescriptions. Any toolkit is as good as the extent to which it is applied; it would therefore be very helpful if stakeholder groups could, to the extent possible, incorporate the recommended tools in their normal work plans. In some cases, however, extra resources may be required to implement the recommended tools. Forest managers and civil society groups including forest communities may particularly benefit from the toolkit.