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Legal study on forest in Ghana

Transboundary challenges and deforestation trends in the Upper Guinean forest ecosystem








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    Comparative legal study on forests in West Africa
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    This publication provides a comparative analysis of forest legal frameworks in seven West African countries – Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone – with a focus on community-based approaches and cross-border cooperation. It highlights the key challenges related to combating deforestation and aligning national legal frameworks with international commitments. The report makes recommendations to strengthen regional cooperation under the aegis of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and to improve national governance of forest management, with a focus on wildlife- and flora-related crimes, land rights, and gender equality. This study aims to contribute to the revision of ECOWAS's Convergence Plan for sustainable forest management in West Africa.
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    Stakeholders' survey on forest legal frameworks in 15 West African countries
    Project “Global transformation of Forests for People and Climate: A Focus on West Africa” - GCP /GLO/977/SWE
    2024
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    In July 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), launched a new 5-year project: Global Transformation of Forests for People and Climate: a focus on West Africa. The project’s objective is to strengthen decision-making on sustainable forests and land management and to strengthen capacity at a subregional level through ECOWAS and other subregional partners to implement elements of the ECOWAS Convergence Plan for the Sustainable Management and Use of Forest Ecosystems in West Africa.
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    Ghana: Targeted trainings allow small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs) to comply with national legality requirements
    FAO-EU FLEGT Programme: Success story
    2021
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    Ghana signed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the European Union in 2009, as part of the EU’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan to address illegal logging. In this context, the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme partnered with Kumasi Wood Cluster (KWC) through two consecutive projects to assist Small and Medium Forest Enterprises (SMFEs) in complying with forest legality standards. SMFEs were able to identify gaps in operations and received trainings to undertake corrective actions to close these gaps. These trainings equipped operators with new skillsets, leading to increased compliance with the Ghana Timber Legality Assurance System established under the framework of the VPA.

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