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  • May 19, 2013 13:22

Ghana: Getting to grips with illegal chainsaw milling

The Forest Services Division of the Forestry Commission has begun a pilot project on artisan milling as part of measures aimed at curbing illegal chainsaw milling...... [more...]

  • May 02, 2013 18:28

Ghana’s timber exports register growth

Ghana earned euro 9.17 million from the export of 21,028 cubic metres of wood products in January...... [more...]

  • April 18, 2013 22:05

Ghana: 2012 exports disappoint

According to data from the Timber Inspection Development Division (TIDD) of the Forestry Commission (FC), the total volume of wood products export for the period January to December 2012 was 251,346 cubic metres...... [more...]

  • April 03, 2013 23:29

Ghana: FC drafts policy to rein in illegal wood in domestic market

The Forestry Commission (FC) of Ghana and Tropenbos International Ghana are jointly working together to draft a policy that will ensure a supply of legal timber to the domestic market...... [more...]

  • March 19, 2013 21:44

Ghana: Creating awareness on the EUTR in EU member states

A team from the Ghana Forestry Commission (GFC) visited key importers in EU member states to exchange views and inform buyers, officials from EU competent authorities, customs and timber trade federations on the interim arrangements Ghana is putting in place before it is in a position to provide FLEGT Licensed wood products...... [more...]

  • March 02, 2013 23:13

Ghana: Takoradi Port development to benefit exporters

The port at Takoradi was the first to be built in Ghana and is now the second largest in the country...... [more...]

  • February 19, 2013 09:09

Ghana: Forestry Commission gears up preparations for EUTR

A three member Ghanaian delegation is in Europe to participate in a series of meetings to create awareness of the interim arrangements that Ghana has put in place to ensure the supply of legal timber to the EU market in advance of the adoption in Ghana of the FLEGT licensing system...... [more...]

  • February 02, 2013 09:06

Implementation of VPA in Ghana

The Government of Ghana and the EU concluded negotiations on a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) in September, 2008 and both parties signed the world’s first FLEGT VPA on November, 20th 2009...... [more...]

  • January 18, 2013 19:36

Ghana Revises Forest and Wildlife Policy

Ghana’s cabinet has recently approved the revised Forest and Wildlife Policy which the focuses on the non-consumptive values of the forest including protection of water bodies, conservation of biological diversity and ecotourism...... [more...]

  • December 27, 2011 20:43

Ghana: Export permits drop by a third in July-September period

A total of 1,235 export permits were processed, approved and issued by the Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD) during the third quarter, covering shipments of timber and wood products through the ports of Takoradi and Tema, as well as overland exports to neighbouring ECOWAS countries...... [more...]

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