GHANA VPA \'AWARENESS CREATION\' CONFERENCE UK

Thursday/16/Jan/2014 As some of you may be aware, the First Ghana VPA \'Awareness Creation\' Conference which was scheduled by the Ghana Forestry Commission to take place in London on October 28, 2013 was cancelled due to bad weather conditions. The Conference is now being re-scheduled to take place on Date: Wednesday February 5, 2014 Venue:The America Square Conference Centre, 1 America Square, LONDON EC3N .... Read More

1ST GHANA VPA STAKEHOLDER CONFERENCE

Thursday/05/Sep/2013 On behalf of the Ghana Forestry Commission, we are pleased to announce for registration and attendance the 'First Ghana VPA Stakeholder Conference' slated for Monday October 28, 2013 in London, UK and Wednesday October 30, 2013 in Brussels, Belgium respectively. For more information, kindly contact the London Office on the following details; Tel:+44 208 9069560; Fax:+44 208 906 9570 Email:m .... Read More

Investment Opportunities in Ghana�s Forestry Sector

Monday/19/Nov/2012 * Become an export trader in �verified legal� wood products from Ghana without owning a Sawmill. * Establish commercial tree plantations on Government Lands allocated within selected Forest Reserves in Ghana * Build Tourist Lodges on Government Lands earmarked within the busiest ecotourism locations in Ghana *The Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission is mandated to ensure the con .... Read More

Ghana�s efforts to promote sustainability in timber have won the country a much-prized partnership with the EU

Monday/19/Nov/2012 As an industry worth 300 million euros (�255m) a year and employing up to a million people in some capacity, timber and forestry is hugely important to Ghana. With forests covering almost a third of the west African country�s total area,timber was, at one point, the most valuable export after cocoa and gold and although it has now been overtaken by tourism and other services, it continues to p .... Read More

SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF GHANA�S FOREST AND RESPONSIBLE TIMBER PRODUCTION.

Monday/19/Nov/2012 Ghana is recognised as one of the most advanced tropical African countries in established forest policy, legislation,forest inventory, management planning, and in having a National Forest Standard and principles, criteria and indicators for judging the quality of forest management and usage. The tropical forests of Ghana contain a wide range of timber species suitable for the construction indu .... Read More