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December 15, 2011

Wood Tracking Manual of Procedure for Small-Medium Enterprises

This manual assists small and medium-size timber companies to show compliance with Wood Tracking System (WTS) in Ghana. The study, development and testing of the systems described in the manual were outputs from Project TFL-SPD 007/09 “Strengthening the Capacity of Small-medium Enterprises in Ghana to Produce and Trade in Timber Products from Legal and Sustainable Sources”, funded by the International Tropical Timber Organization, ITTO.

September 13, 2014

Transporting timber at night in Ghana is illegal

Timber contractors, firms and sawn millers have been warned not to transport timber at night.

April 14, 2016

Lack of formalised processes for compensation negotiations

The days when active involvement of community members and farmers in the lumber business was dismissed as irrelevant, are long gone.

June 21, 2016

Do’s and Dont’s of Off-Reserve Logging (ORL)

This leaflet outlines the do's and don'ts with respect to off-reserve logging (ORL) in Ghana. It has been developed based on the Principle 1 and 3 (Criteria 6&7) defined by Ghana's Legality standards which forms part of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement signed between the Government of Ghana and the European Union. The document provides the do's and don'ts for Forest Services Division (FSD) staff, loggers, farmers and other community members.

February 4, 2020

Ghana’s timber sector develops communication strategy to grasp EU opportunities

The Kumasi Wood Cluster (KWC) and the Ghana Timber Millers Organization (GTMO) have introduced an innovative marketing communication strategy to help the private sector capitalise on opportunities in the European Union (EU).

June 11, 2020

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

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.

July 21, 2020

Register of documents to provide evidences required for monitoring and transparency complinance

This brochure is a simple and easy to understand listing of the critical data and information on forest resources management and supply chain operations that timber companies must always keep as stipulated in the Ghana Legality Assurance System (GhLAS). It provides evidences required for monitoring transparency compliance as per regulation 76 of LI 2254 (2017) as well as issuing of sales licenses.

April 4, 2021

FAO-EU FLEGT Programme KWC Success story in Ghana

The FAO-EU FLEGT Programme partnered with KWC to assist small and medium forest enterprises in complying with forest legality standards. SMFEs were able to identify gaps in operations and received trainings to undertake corrective actions to close these gaps. These trainings equipped operators with new skillsets, leading to increased compliance with the Ghana timber legality assurance system established under the framework of the VPA.