A guide to procedures for assessing small scale timber rights (timber utilization contracts) in Ghana

The procedures for accessing small-scale timber rights in the form of Timber Utilization Contracts (TUC) is provided in the Timber Resource Management and Legality Licensing Regulations 2017 (LI 2254). However the law is written in a language that may be too technical for small scale millers to understand and take advantage of. This document provides simplified information on the components of the procedures for the award of small scale timber rights, laws describing the components and additional explanatory notes for small scale millers.