Government urged to use its purchasing power to drive sustainability in the domestic timber trade
Ghana’s forest reserves are dwindling at an alarming rate of 2% per annum, with about 480.000 m3 woods harvested illegally for both export and domestic use. To regulate the sector and conserve the remaining forest, the government of Ghana has signed a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) to only export legal timber to the European Union Market. To ensure the sustainability of the VPA and forest conservation, the government in collaboration with CSOs, private lumbering companies, and other key stakeholders are collaborating to develop a domestic legal wood market policy.
AUTHOR
Evelyn Addor
