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The forestry sector of Ghana accounted for 4.2 percent of GDP in 1990; timber was the country's third largest foreign exchange earner. Since 1983 forestry has benefited from more than US$120 million in investments and has undergone substantial changes, resulting in doubled earnings between 1985 and 1990. In 1993 timber and wood products ...
The Forestry Commission is a Government of Ghana agency under the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. [1] The commission has three divisions and two centres: Forest Services Division; Wildlife Division; Timber Industry Development Division; Forestry CommissionTraining Centre; Resource Management Support Centre [2]
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources was established under Section 11 of the Civil Service Law 1993 PNDC Law 327. The ministry as part of its mandate is to ensure the sustainable management and utilization of the nation's lands, forests and wildlife resources as well as the efficient management of the mineral resources for socio-economic growth and development. [3]
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana; N. NICOL Forests UK This page was last edited on 21 January 2020, at 05:38 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Unlike the agricultural livestock, forestry and fishing sectors, the crop sector is key to the Ghanaian agricultural industry. [72] Ghana produced in 2018: 20.8 million tons of cassava (4th largest producer in the world, second only to Nigeria, Thailand and Congo); 7.8 million tonnes of yam (2nd largest producer in the world, second only to ...
Ahafo Region which is one of the forest belts in Ghana has a lot of forest reserves. Timber industry is the second highest employer in the Region. There are large and medium timber companies scattered across the Region. Notable among the timber companies in the region are Ayum Forest Products Co. Ltd, [14] Exbo wood Co. Ltd, Ocean-wood Co. Ltd ...
Achimota Forest Reserve is a forest in Achimota in the Okaikwei North Municipality in the Greater Accra Region. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is located approximately 7.6 km (4.7 mi) from Accra. [ 4 ] It is under protection against unauthorized usage such as poaching , construction of homes, hunting and shopping malls by individuals and groups. [ 5 ]
The forest has the most biological diversity of any in Ghana, with over 800 vascular plant species, 639 butterfly species, and more than 190 bird species. [4] [5] Animal life includes the elephant, bongo, leopard, western chimpanzee, [6] Diana monkey, [7] and other primates. Apart from the forest reserve which was selectively logged until 1976 ...