More resources needed for plantation development in Ghana - Study

A study conducted on the forestry plantation and timber sectors has revealed that very minimal contribution of the Forest Plantation Development Fund (FPDF) is being allocated to Ghana’s plantation development. This was jeopardising the existence of the timber industry as the findings of the report described the contribution from the FPDF to the sector as “minimal and unsatisfactory”.

The report, thus, commissioned by the Nature and Development Fund (NDF), a non-governmental organisation, was generated from “the Review and Analysis of Receipts and Disbursements of Levies Earmarked for Restoration of Forest and Areas Planted under the Levies” and was made available at a validation workshop in Accra on Wednesday.

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