XI WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS Antalya, Turkey, 13 to 22 October 1997
	VOLUME 3, TOPIC 12 SUMMARIES OF VOLUNTARY PAPERS FOREST PLANTATIONS AND SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN WEST AFRICA: THE GHANAIAN EXAMPLE Emmanuel Ofoe Chachu1 It is recognized that Ghana's current total need for wood stands at 16400000 m3/a. This volume is projected to reach 28800000m3 by 2020 and 52500000 m3 by 2050. The current generally accepted 17 million population of Ghana, as at 1996, is estimated to reach 30 million by 2020 and 60 million by 2050. Ghana's fuelwood consumption is expected to rise in response to increases in population but the wood requirement for the industry will be reduced, due to further processing trends. In the development of forest plantations in Ghana, and West Africa generally, clearing of natural forest ecosystems should be avoided and plantations concentrated in the savannah zone of the country. Adequate and sustainable funding support through plantation levies and endowment funds, grants and concessionary loans should be given and the envolvement of many stakeholders encouraged. 1 (Rex) B.Sc., Ph.D., M.I. Biol., C.Biol., Forestry Department, P.O. Box 527, Accra, Ghana. Previous Section Next Section   Download the Pdf file for this topic (332 K) What is a Pdf file ?   Back to Top of the page
	this page is hosted on the FAO Forestry Department WebSite
Send feedback to: World-Forestry-Congress-XI@FAO.ORG