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    An Ordinance for the protection of forests and for the constitution and protection of forest reserves.

    Legislation
    Ghana, Africa, Western Africa

    The Governor may constitute Forest Reserves under section 4.A Notice in this respect shall be published in the Official Gazette. For each Reserve a Reserve Settlement Commissioner shall be appointed. Restrictions are placed on acquisition of rights during an interim period between publication and an Order constituting a Reserve under section 17. The Settlement Commission shall be considered a Court. The Commissioner may exclude land from a Reserve. Section 13 concerns compensation and section 14 concerns extinction of rights.

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    Regulations
    Ghana, Africa, Western Africa

    These Regulations implement provisions of the Timber Resources Management Act, 1997 with respect to the granting of timber rights and related matters and regulate the calculation and payment of stumpage fees and the registration and use of chainsaws.The Regulations set out the procedures for the inventory and reservation of specified lands for timber utilization. The Chief Conservator of Forests shall identify lands suitable for grant of timber utilization contracts and initiate procedures of inventory of forest resources on such land and to obtain consent of landowners.

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    National Policies
    Ghana, Africa, Western Africa

    The overall aim of the present Forest and Wildlife Policy is the conservation and sustainable development of forest and wildlife resources for the maintenance of environmental stability and continuous flow of optimum benefits from the socio-cultural and economic goods and services that the forest environment provides to the present and future generations whilst fulfilling Ghana’s commitments under international agreements and conventions.

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    National Policies
    Ghana, Africa, Western Africa

    The overall aim of the present Forestry Development Master Plan is to provide a basis for achieving sustainable utilization and development of forest and wildlife resources, modernization of the timber industry and conservation of the environment, and thereby ensure realization of the objectives of the Forest and Wildlife Policy. At the same time, the various proposals have had to take account of the need to improve the state of the environment, the complexities of land tenure and the importance of appropriate and efficient land use.

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    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 1998
    Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ghana

    Land tenure institutions in customary land areas of Sub-Saharan Africa have been evolving towards individualized ownership. Communal land tenure institutions aim to achieve and preserve the equitable distribution of land (and hence, income) among community members. Uncultivated forestland is owned by the community or village, and as long as forest land is available, forest clearance of forest is easily approved by the village chief.

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    evolution of land tenure institutions in Western Ghana and Sumatra

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2001
    Western Africa, South-Eastern Asia, Africa, Asia, Indonesia, Ghana

    This research report examines three questions that are central to IFPRI research: How do property-rights institutions affect efficiency and equity? How are resources allocated within households? Why does this matter from a policy perspective? As part of a larger multicountry study on property rights to land and trees, this study focuses on the evolution from customary land tenure with communal ownership toward individualized rights, and how this shift affects women and men differently.This study’s key contribution is its multilevel econometric analysis of efficiency and equity issues.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1995
    Angola, Burkina Faso, United States of America, Mozambique, Burundi, France, Ghana, Congo, Djibouti, Sierra Leone, Niger, Rwanda, Liberia, Togo, Botswana, India, Senegal, Gabon, Kenya
  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Angola, France, Mauritius, Kenya, Mali, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Congo, Djibouti, Malawi, Niger, Seychelles, Rwanda, Lesotho, Madagascar, Togo, Botswana, Comoros, Gabon, Africa

    Proceedings of the meeting including a summary of the resulting recommendations and the text of papers presented

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    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2015
    Algeria, France, Nigeria, Australia, United Kingdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Malawi, Eritrea, Côte d'Ivoire, Rwanda, Liberia, South Africa, Italy, Tanzania, Central African Republic, Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana, Africa

    This edition of the journal has set out to explore the theme " Forests and People: Investing in Africa’s Sustainable Future”. The academia, research, development community, civil society and individuals working in the forestry sector and related fields are contributing short articles to this edition of the journal. Authors explore the topic from varying perspectives and share their experiences, challenges and dreams on the future of Africa’s forests as they relate to African people and their sustainable future.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2016
    Bangladesh, Gambia, Vietnam, Chile, Guatemala, Portugal, Ghana, Tunisia, Nicaragua, Kazakhstan, Costa Rica, Georgia, Africa, Asia, Americas

    Une version abrégée des chapitres 1 à 3 du SOFO 2016: rapport sur <i>la Situation des forêts du monde 2016</i>. Cette brochure de 32 pages inclut les tableaux, figures et messages clés de la publication SOFO, et permet aux lecteurs d’accéder au contenu le plus important dans un format facile à utiliser.

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