AGC |
Ashanti Goldfields Corporation |
AGI |
Association of Ghana Industries |
BCR |
Benefit Cost Ratio |
BOPP |
Benso Oil Palm Plantation |
BVFL |
Bonsu Vonberg Farms Ltd. |
CAI |
Current Annual Increment |
CCF |
Chief Conservator of Forests |
CFMU |
Collaborative Forest Management Unit |
CS |
Coastal Savannah (South-East Outlier) |
DA |
District Assembly |
dbh |
Breast Height Diameter |
DLH |
Dalhoff Larsen and Horneman |
DS |
Dry Semi-Deciduous |
DWT |
Dupaul Wood Treatment |
EC |
European Community |
ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
ECG |
Electricity Corporation of Ghana |
EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
EPA |
Ghana Environmental Protection Agency |
EU |
European Union |
FAO |
Food and Agricultural Organisation |
FD |
Forestry Department |
FDMP |
Forest Development Master Plan |
FORIG |
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana |
FPDC |
Forest Plantations Development Centre |
FPDF |
Forest Plantation Development Fund |
FPRI |
Forest Reseacrh Institute |
FPIB |
Forest Products Inspection Bureau |
FR |
Forest Reserve |
FRMP |
Forest Resources Management Project |
FST |
Forest Savannah Transition Zone |
GAP |
Ghana Primewoods Products Ltd. |
GCFD |
Groupe Caisse Francaise de Development |
GDP |
Gross Development Product |
GERMP |
Ghana Environmental Resources Management Project |
GIPC |
Ghana Investment Promotion Centre |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GOPC |
Ghana Oil Palm Corporation |
GREL |
Ghana Rubber Estates Ltd. |
GuS |
Guinea Savannah |
HFZ |
High Forest Zone |
IDA |
International Development Association |
ITTO |
The International Tropical Timber Organisation |
IUCN |
International Union for the Conservation of Nature |
LI |
Legal Instrument |
MAI |
Mean Annual Increment |
ME |
Moist Evergreen |
MLF |
Ministry of Lands and Forestry |
MS |
Moist Semi-Deciduous |
MSS |
Modified Selection System |
NAC |
National Agro-forestry Committee |
NGO |
Non Governmental Organisation |
NRCD |
National Revolution Council Decree |
NRMP |
Natural Resources Management Project |
NTFP |
Non-Timber Forest Product |
ODA |
Overseas Development Agency |
OFR |
Outside Forest Reserve |
PTC |
Pioneer Tobacco Company Ltd. |
RFD |
Rural Forestry Division (of the FD) |
Samartex |
Samreboi Timber and Plywood Ltd. |
SIPL |
Subri Industrial Plantation Ltd. |
SM |
Southern Marginal |
SMCD |
Supreme Military Council Decree |
SMS |
Swiss Lumber Company Ltd. |
SO |
South-East Outlier |
Spp. |
Species |
SuS |
Sudan Savannah |
SZ |
Savannah Zone |
TEDB |
Timber Export Development Board |
TSS |
Tropical Shelterwood System |
TUC |
Timber Utilisation Contract |
UE |
Upland Evergreen |
UK |
United Kingdom |
UNEP |
United Nations Environmental Programme |
WE |
Wet Evergreen |
WVLC |
Western Veneer and Lumber Company |