NDF demands accountability from Forest Plantation Development Fund

Environmental NGO Nature and Development Foundation (NDF) is demanding accountability from the government over how levies collected for the Forest Plantation Development Fund for the restoration of Ghana’s forests has been spent over the years.

A report published by the NGO claims the Forest Plantation Development Fund (FPDF) Board has been non-transparent in its activities over the last 20 years. 

In 2000, parliament passed the FPDF Act. The Act mandates establishment of the FPDF Board to provide financial assistance for the development of private forest plantation on lands suitable for commercial timber production.

The fund is also expected to finance research and provide technical advice to persons involved in commercial plantations.

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