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You are setting a dangerous precedent with Achimota Forest reserve; reconsider your decision – Akufo-Addo told
Belinda Boator, , News, Achimota Forest, Akufo-Addo, Civic Response, Elvis Oppong-Mensah, forest reserve, forests, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Modern Ghana, Precedent, 0Elvis Oppong-Mensah, a Programmes Officer with Civic Response has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reconsider government’s...
Ghana CSOs comment on subsidiary legislation for implementing UK’s Environment Act
Belinda Boator, , News, Ama Kudom-A gyemang, Civic Response, FLEGT, forests, natural resources, UK Environment Act, VPA, 0When the United Kingdom (UK) finally seceded from the European Union (EU) on January 31, 2020, it was not...
Government Introduces Digitalized System to Prevent Illegal Logging of Trees
Belinda Boator, , News, Civic Response, EU-Ghana, FLEGT, Forestry Commission, forests, Ghana Electronic Wood Tracking System, legal timber, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, VPA, 0Ghana has for years remained a key exporter of timber. However, stakeholders have been struggling to deal with illegal...
Civic Response Resumes Community Visits
Belinda Boator, , News, capacity building, Civic Response, Community Advocacy, Community Empowerment, FLEGT, Forest Fringe Communities, Forest Watch Ghana, Forestlink, forests, real time monitoring, Social Responsibility Agreement, VPA, 0Civic Response has resumed community visits following a long break due to COVID-19 restrictions. The community visits which took...
Civic Response Organises Experience Sharing Worshop for Monitors
Belinda Boator, , News, Civic Response, forest monitoring, Forestlink, forests, RTM, 0Civic Response organised a capacity update and lessons sharing workshop for community monitors and verifiers. The workshop which took...
Stop The Issuance Of Special Permits- MLNR Instructs FC
Belinda Boator, , News, Civic Response, Closeout workshop, Data Colection, Forest Watch Ghana, forests, Livelihoods, Special Permits, SRA, VPA, 0The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) has instructed the Forestry Commission (FC) to stop the issuance of...
Civic Response Trains Enumerators And Supervisors To Collect Data On VPA Impact In Ghana
Belinda Boator, , News, Civic Response, Data Collection, Forest Watch Ghana, forests, Impact, Livelihoods, Research, SRA, Survey, Training, VPA, 0Civic Response has trained 15 enumerators and 5 supervisors to carry out a VPA impact survey. The 4-day training...
Civic Response: Addressing the Problem of Deforestation in Ghana One Step at a Time
Civic Response, , News, CSIFM, deforestation, FLEGT, forest cover loss, Forestlink, forests, IFM, RFUK, UKAid, VPA, 0Ghana’s forest has been dwindling rapidly at such an alarming rate over the last few years. A 2019 report...
Civic Response Trains Community Representatives in Forest Law
Civic Response, , News, FLEGT, forests, indigenous peoples' rights, SRA, VPA, 0Civic Response has trained 50 forest-fringe community members in forest law, monitoring, and advocacy. The 3-days training which took...
Civic Response’s Radio Campaign Raises Awareness of Forestlink and Community-led Forest Protection in Ghana
Civic Response, , News, CSIFM, deforestation, FLEGT, forest monitoring, Forestlink, forests, IFM, RFUK, SRA, VPA, 0Civic Response has embarked on a two-month radio sensitization campaign across the country on community based Real Time Monitoring...
Civic Response Prepares Media towards Issuance of FLEGT Licences
Civic Response, , News, environment, Fern, FLEGT, forests, Ghana, journalism, journalist, natural resources, VPA, 0Civic Response, with support from its partner Fern, has organised a capacity building workshop for journalists from across the...
CIVIC RESPONSE TRAINS COMMUNITY FOREST MONITORS
Civic Response, , News, DFID UKAid, FLEGT, Forestlink, forests, monitoring, real time monitoring, RFUK, VPA, 0Fifty (50) community representatives have been trained to undertake community level forest monitoring. The 3-days training which was organised...
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