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Appendix 1. Area estimates of the major hardwood plantations in Ghana


Species

Estimated
Area (ha)

Location

Organisation/Owners

Teak

11,700

FR’s (HFZ)

FD

1,300

FR’s, Volta Region (FTZ/ SZ)

FD

1,600

FR’s & OFR’s, North (SZ)

FD, Towns and Waterworks

3,600

OFR’s, Brong Ahafo (FTZ)

Pioneer Tobacco Company (PTC)

1,300

OFR’s, Brong Ahafo (FTZ)

Farmers assisted by PTC.

1,400

OFR, Ashanti (HFZ)

Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd. (AGC)

500

OFR, Eastern (FTZ)

Bonsu Vonberg Farms Ltd.(BVFL)

1,500

OFR

Private Planters*

***

OFR, Brong Ahafo (FTZ)

DWT

Total

22,900



Cedrela

3,800

FR’s (HFZ)

FD

40

OFR Western (HFZ)

Gwira Banso Project

Total

3,840



Gmelina

5,200

FR & OFR, Western (HFZ)

Subri Industrial Plantations Ltd.(SIPL)

1,000

FR’s (HFZ)

FD

150

OFR (HFZ)

AGC.

Total

6,350



Terminalia

400

FR’s (HFZ)

FD

Total

400



Eucalyptus

42

OFR, Ashanti (HFZ)

AGC.

***

FR’s (HFZ)

FD.

Total

42



Rubberwood

9,000

OFR, Western (HFZ)

Ghana Rubber Estates Ltd. (GREL)

2,200

OFR (HFZ)

Others

Total

11,200

**


Miliaceae/Mixed Hardwoods

200

FR’s (HFZ)

FD

70

OFR, Western (HFZ)

Swiss Lumber Company (SMS)

3,600

OFR

Private Planters (mainly pole and firewood crops)*

2,400

OFR (HFZ)

Gwira Banso Project (Farm plantings: 20 x 20m)

***

FR (HFZ)

AGC

Total

6,070



FR - Forest Reserve

OFR - Outside Forest Reserve

* Source: FAO ‘98

** General Woods (1993)

HFZ - High Forest Zone

FTZ - Transition Zone

SZ - Savannah Zone

*** No Data available


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