Forest policies, legislation & interventions | Major objectives | Forest policies, legislation & interventions | Major objectives |
1994 Forest and Wildlife Policy | · Protection of forests and species conservation · Deregulation and streaming of bureaucratic controls on wood export marketing · Involvement community in the conservation of forest and wildlife resources · Regulation of timber harvesting · Development of cottage and agro-based industry · Community forestry and forest conservation · Rehabilitation and development of degraded forests | Timber Resources Management (Amendment) Act of 2002 | · Timber utilization contract · Offences for illegal logging · Protection of logging on farms and plantations · Community forestry and forest conservation · Protect land with farms from logging · Protection private forest plantation · Duration of timber concession rights |
Timber Resource Management Act, 1997 - Act 547 | · Timber utilization contract · Offences for illegal logging · Protection of logging on farms and plantations | Modified Taungya Scheme (MTS) (2002) | · Engage in tree planting and nurturing in degraded forest lands · Growing food and cash crops along the trees to provide income and employment |
Community Resources Management Areas (CREMAs) (2000) | · Reduced deforestation and forest degradation · Promote sustainable farming practices · To curtail illegal logging · Enhance conservation and management of protected areas and forest reserves | VPA EU (FLEGT) (2007) | · Address illegal logging · Improve forest governance · Promote trade in legal timber products |
National Forest Plantation Development Programme (2001) | · Accelerate national forest plantation by private, government and local communities · Restoration of degraded forestlands · Increased forest cover · Increased wood supply to domestic use & market | Ghana REDD+ (2008) | · Reduce emission from deforestation and forest degradation · Sustainable forest management · Conservation of forest biodiversity · Enhancement of carbon stocks |
The Forest Protection Amendment Act 2002 | · Community forestry and forest conservation · Protect forest and wildlife · Reforestation and afforestation programmes · Forest offences penalties · Protection of water catchment areas | Forest and Wildlife Policy 2012 | · Laws, institutions, systems & organizations to promote sustainable management and conservation of forest landscapes and wildlife |