Ghana

Websites

Find more information about the Ghana – EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement on partners’ websites.

Forestry Commission of Ghana
The Forestry Commission of Ghana is responsible for the regulation of utilization of forest and wildlife resources, the conservation and management of those resources and the coordination of policies related to them.
European Commission Directorate-General Environment: FLEGT and VPAs
In the European Commission website we can read about the latest developments on FLEGT regulation and FLEGT Voluntary Partnerships Agreements (VPAs)
EU Delegation in Ghana
In the EU Delegation in Ghana website we can find key documents regarding the VPA in Ghana.
VPA Unpacked: Helping you understand FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements
VPA Unpacked is for anyone interested in or working on FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements. VPA Unpacked is organised in six chapters, which describe the different aspects of VPAs in increasing levels of detail. It is available on several languages: Spanish, French, Thai, Burmese, and Lao.
Forest Watch Ghana (Civil society platform)
Forest Watch Ghana (FWG) seeks to conduct advocacy campaigns for sustainable and just forestry development and biodiversity conservation.
Civic Response (Ghanaian NGO)
Civic Response seeks to change social arrangements that entrench marginalisation, exclusion and division as well as provide advocacy and networking support to self-organised citizens’ groups in the natural resource and environment sector.
Tropenbos International - Ghana
Tropenbos International aims to improve the governance and management of tropical forests for the benefit of people, biodiversity and sustainable development.
ITTO: VPA independent market monitoring
IMM is a multi-year project implemented by ITTO and financed by the European Union (EU) to support implementation of bilateral Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) between the EU and timber supplying countries.
LoggingOff.info: Ghana
LoggingOff is a space for civil society to share and exchange views and experiences of the FLEGT process and the importance of recognising communities’ land rights. With up-to-date and from-the-ground information, LoggingOff builds connections between civil society in timber producing countries, and national and EU policy makers.
Illegal-Logging.info: Ghana
Chatham House is monitoring forest governance and legality in 19 countries to assess the effectiveness of government and private sector efforts to tackle illegal logging and trade.
Client Earth Ghana
Client Earth provides legal support to civil society to ensure they can actively participate in the forest laws reform to tackle illegal timber and forest conversion.

About the VPA Africa – Latin America Facility

The VPA Africa – Latin America Facility supports the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan with a focus on Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs). The Facility contributes to combating illegal logging and strengthening forest governance while encouraging sustainable economic development in countries that produce or process timber and export to the EU. The Facility is hosted by the European Forest Institute (EFI) and was established in November 2019.

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