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