Ghana has over a million hectares of land for forest
plantation development.
Under the country’s Forest Plantation Strategy, a total
of 500,000 hectares of forest plantation would be established and managed over a
25 year period – 2015 to 2040.
But the menace of deforestation remains a major concern
for Ghana.
Whilst the forest plantation strategy promotes
efficient management of forest resources and nurturing of new trees, the
implementation of the REDD Plus initiative also promotes tree planting with
incentives to local communities.
Kofi Adu Domfeh spoke to Mr. Kwabena Nketia, Programmes
Director at Tropenbos International Ghana (TBI), on wider stakeholders’ buy-in
of the initiatives.
TBI is a not-for-profit organization at the forefront
of forest protection and economic empowerment of forest dependent communities.
Mr. Nketia first explains whether Ghana is winning in
the drive to protect and restore forests.
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