Project Team:
D. Blay, L.Damnyag, L. Anglaere, Twum Ampofo, F. Dwomoh, Local community reps
Project Duration: 2012-2015
Background
Continuous DFD both in and outside forest reserves in Ghana has negative impact on local livelihood and the environment. The negative impacts are: Shortage of forest resources; Climate change effects; Loss of biodiversity; Phase I rehabilitated some of degraded forest areas with forest fringe communities collaboration. Local communities established 240 ha of plantations in some degraded forest reserves. With new benefit-sharing farmers who planted the trees and land owners are entitled to 40%.
Specific Objective
Collaboratively and sustainably manage with local communities forests established by rehabilitating degraded forest lands with the view to produce goods and services
Project location
Abonsrakrom, Twumkrom and Ntabene Communities in B/A
Ahinkwa and Olantan communities in Begoro
Nsugunsua community in Akomadan
Funding Agency:
International Tropical Timber Organization