DEFINE LEGAL COCOA – CHRIS BEEKO
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…
CSO’S CAPACITIES BUILT ON ADVOCACY AND POLICY INFLUENCING
18/8/2017 Members of Forest Watch Ghana (FWG) have received training on advocacy and policy influencing. The two-day capacity building exercise, which was organised by Forest Watch Ghana with support from…
TACKLING ILLEGAL LOGGING IN GHANA: WHY CIVIL SOCIETY IS GENERATING PRESSURE TO DELIVER A VPA
I have just returned from a two-week policy tour of Europe, visiting decision makers working on the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan in Belgium, Germany,…
PROTECTING GHANA’S FORESTS: THE JOURNEY SO FAR
Ghana’s forests and the people who depend on them face an illegal logging and mining epidemic. The country’s illegal exports of rosewood accounted for 10 percent of global trade in…