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04 December 2015 Ghana
Statistics released by the Forest Services Division (FSD) of the Forestry Commission (FC) indicates that Ghana has available a total of one million, seventy-five thousand hectares (1,075,000 ha) of land for forest plantation development. Out of this, Six hundred thousand hectares (600,000 ha) are located in the off-reserve forests, three hundred thousand hectares (300,000 ha) in on-reserve forests in the Savannah Belt and one hundred and seventy-five thousand hectares (175,000 ha) in on-reserve forests in the High Forest Zone.
30 November 2015 Ghana
Destruction of tree saplings as a result of cattle grazing by Fulani herdsmen constitutes a major drawback to tree plantation development in Ghana, the Forest Services Department (FSD) of the Forestry Commission (FC) has announced at a Tree Growers Association Workshop organised by Tropenbos International (TBI) Ghana in Kumasi on November 13, 2015.
23 November 2015 Ghana
Tropenbos International Ghana has begun an initiative to link the outcomes of the Chainsaw Milling (CSM) Project with that of the Timber Legality Compliance and Advocacy Project (TILCAP) by building a symbiotic relationship between the two projects that would ensure that they support each other. Both projects are being funded by the European Union (EU).
20 November 2015 Ghana
The Community Resource Management Area (CREMA) has been identified as the best Benefit Sharing Arrangement for managing the Atewa Forest Reserve, which is on the verge of being converted into a national park, by a research study conducted by Tropenbos International Ghana at Atewa and its environs in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
12 November 2015 Ghana
In a bid to strengthen the role of local communities and relevant stakeholders in decision making processes and management of the Atewa Forest Reserve for which a campaign is currently on going to foster its conversion into a national park, Tropenbos International (TBI) Ghana has undertaken a Stakeholder Analysis at Atewa and its environs as a first step towards achieving this end.
26 October 2015 Ghana
Seventeen former chainsaw millers who now constitute the Insu Siding Artisanal Millers Association have undergone a 12 day Practical Training Workshop aimed at equipping them with modern technical skills in artisanal milling to foster their transition from using illegal chainsaws to modern milling equipment.