Civic Response, with support from its partner Fern, has organised a capacity building workshop for journalists from across the country. This is as part of efforts to enhance their knowledge on natural resources governance issues…
A member of FWG, James Saaka, has called for a ban on commercial charcoal production in Ghana. This, according to him, is in order to save shea trees which are felled for charcoal production. The…
Fifty (50) community representatives have been trained to undertake community level forest monitoring. The 3-days training which was organised by Civic Response in June 2019 in Accra aimed at building the capacity of representatives to…
Thirty-five (35) forest-fringe community representatives have received legality awareness training in Accra. The 3-days training which was organised by Civic Response in June 2019 aimed at creating awareness among community representatives on the rights and…
Twenty (20) community forest monitors have been re-trained to undertake forest monitoring and reporting activities. The 20 are part of 25 community representatives trained by Civic Response last year (2017) to undertake community level forest…
A second training on TVD legality verification audits has been organised in Accra for selected civil society representatives. The training which was organised by Civic is aimed at building the capacity of CSO representatives to…
Director for the Timber Validation Department of the Forestry Commission, Mr. Chris Beeko, has made a recommendation for definition of legal cocoa in Ghana. According to him, this was a necessary first step to addressing…
Civic Response, in collaboration with the Forestry Commission of Ghana, has launched the Ghana Timber Transparency Portal. The portal is a web interface which makes information on logging in Ghana available to the public via…
Twenty-five (25) community representatives have been trained to undertake community level forest monitoring. The training which was organised by Civic Response in Larteh in the Eastern Region aimed at building the capacity of representatives to…
Timber rights fees of timber harvested from farms should be given to farmers and landowners instead of Forestry Commission (FC), farmers and landowners from across the country have proposed. According to them, this is because…