tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636610798761076656.post8205175263698217785..comments2023-08-17T16:02:43.630+00:00Comments on Geothinking: Lost in the Forest: A Journey Through Ghana’s Forest ManagementBenji Apraku Gyampohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729050079427718870noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636610798761076656.post-4920615138479954912013-02-17T10:53:24.797+00:002013-02-17T10:53:24.797+00:00magnifіcеnt put up, veгy informativе.
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This is brilliant! You have enriched this ...Hi Joe,<br />This is brilliant! You have enriched this discussion with the legislation perspective. Surely, I will read these laws that you have kindly given and critique them on our journey through Ghana's forest management. I hope to have more of such inputs from you. In the meantime, what is your general view of forest management in Ghana? Thanks!Benji Apraku Gyampohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729050079427718870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636610798761076656.post-12015685305344345442011-05-17T17:57:58.398+00:002011-05-17T17:57:58.398+00:00Hi Ben,
I am an environmental resource scientist ...Hi Ben,<br /><br />I am an environmental resource scientist currently working on biodiesel but also consulting from time to time on sustainability, natural resources management, human development, Environmental management systems, etc. I spent some time reading your blog today and I must say it’s a great thing you are doing. I felt I should send you these laws to give a perspective of the past attempts in Ghana to regulate our forests/ forestry sector. I hope it will help enrich your research.<br /><br />Thanks <br /><br />Joe<br /><br /><br />Forest Reserves Rules, 1925 (Vol.VIII, P. 889)<br />Forest Reserves Regulations, 1927 (Vol. IX P. 284)<br />Forest Ordinance (CAP 157) 1929<br />Trees and Timber (Control of Cutting) Regulations, 1958 (LI 368)<br />Timber Lands (Protected Areas) Regulations 1959 (LI 311)<br />Trees and Timber (Control of Measurement) Regulations, 1960 (LI 23)<br />Trees and Timber (Control of Export Logs) Regulations 1961 (LI 130)<br />Regulations, 1962 (LI 229)<br />Timber Royalties Regulations, 1965 (LI 495)<br />Forest Protection Decree, 1974 (NRCD 243)<br />Trees and Timber Decree, 1974 (NRCD 273); Timber Leases and Licences<br />Forest Trees Regulations, 1976 (LI 1089)<br />Timber Industry and Ghana Timber Marketing Board (Amendment) Decree, 1977 (SMCD 128)<br />Forest Products Inspection Bureau Law, 1985 (PNCDL 117)<br />Timber Export Development Board Law, 1985 (PNDCL 123)<br />Trees and Timber (Measurement Regulations) 1985 (LI 388).<br />Trees and Timber (Chain Saw operators) Regulations, 1991 (LI 368)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636610798761076656.post-74047851660231566992011-05-11T12:56:39.536+00:002011-05-11T12:56:39.536+00:00Darlington,
ICT is a major tool for sustainable de...Darlington,<br />ICT is a major tool for sustainable development through knowledge generation and dissemination. It is up to us to find very innovative ways to make ICT work for us; to get the information to everybody, our small-holder farmers. I believe Agricultural and Environmental extension service providers are a major asset. But do we have enough of such extension personnel? Are they well motivated to work? Are they have given the resources to work? Are those with the resources to work even doing enough? Do our environment and agric extension personnel value the work they do? Are they appreciated for the work they do? These are critical issue. Surely, charcoal burners are a major challenge when it comes to sustainable forest management!Benji Apraku Gyampohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729050079427718870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636610798761076656.post-89004163773008931582011-05-11T12:29:33.522+00:002011-05-11T12:29:33.522+00:00Thank you Benjamin, I hope many of our smallholder...Thank you Benjamin, I hope many of our smallholder farmers in Africa will have this access to this very rich blog. Charcoal burners should also be targeted. I am sure through extensive use of ICTs, this information will reach out to as many smallholder farmers as possible. Agricultural and Environmental extension service providers will spread this good news. Best regards Benjamin!!Darlington Kahiluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854184922415134344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636610798761076656.post-84098533966688034132011-05-09T08:42:49.287+00:002011-05-09T08:42:49.287+00:00Hi Rita,
Thanks for your encouragement and very de...Hi Rita,<br />Thanks for your encouragement and very detailed suggestions. Keep it up.Benji Apraku Gyampohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729050079427718870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636610798761076656.post-13383471168154240752011-05-08T19:01:39.254+00:002011-05-08T19:01:39.254+00:00Dr. Gyampoh,
Thank you for this insight and awake...Dr. Gyampoh,<br /><br />Thank you for this insight and awakening challenge on Ghana's forests. It feels great to always visit your blog to read interesting articles and issues on environment and natural resources management, that challenge researchers and policy makers to work more on environment. Keep it up and God bless you.<br /><br />Apart from timber, forests also produce Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) that contribute to livelihoods of local people. Sustainable forests management must ensure multi-purpose forest use, effective stakeholder collaboration and effective planning, policy formulation and implementation. A thorough understanding of the existing forest policy and management practices would be a good starting point to effectively contribute to the sustainable management of Ghana's forest. <br /><br />WAY FORWARD<br />A. Community participation in forests and natural resources management. Participation:<br />1. Empowers community organisations to control the use of natural resources by the local population.<br />2. People have different interests in tropical forests; some assert that forests are needed to store carbon and for others, to convert forests into farmland. Therefore, information about relevant institutions, customs and political factors are equally important in assuring the overall success of multiple use forest management. <br /><br />B. Enlightened policies that recognise forests as renewable and on the other hand, acknowledge the multiple claims and influences of people on the resource. The government must be committed in implementing policies that are based on the principle of multiple use management of forests, embracing both conservation and sustainable utilisation to achieve an optimum combination of benefits from forests.<br /><br />C. Forests management plans must be updated periodically, to incorporate new information and to respond to changing environmental, ecological, social and economic circumstances.<br />"A nation that destroys its soils destoys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people"....Franklin D. Roosevelt<br /><br />Rita SomuahRitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743391987841595961noreply@blogger.com