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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...
Collecting Data to Contribute to Implementation of Ghana’s VPA Impact Monitoring Framework Validation Workshop in Pictures
Belinda Boator, , gallery, Validation, VPA, 0Civic Response and ResourceTrust Network under the auspices of FAO – EU FLEGT Programme with funding from EU, Swedish...
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...
In March 2021, Civic Response in partnership with Resource Trust Network(RTN) with funding from FAO-EU FLEGT Programme carried out...
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...
CIVIC RESPONSE ORGANISES LEGALITY AWARENESS TRAINING FOR FOREST-FRINGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Civic Response, , News, DFID UKAid, FLEGT, forest, monitoring, real time monitoring, RFUK, VPA, 0Thirty-five (35) forest-fringe community representatives have received legality awareness training in Accra. The 3-days training which was organised by...
CIVIC RESPONSE RE-TRAINS COMMUNITY FOREST MONITORS
Civic Response, , News, community monitors, CSIFM, FLEGT, forest, Ghana, IFM, VPA, 0Twenty (20) community forest monitors have been re-trained to undertake forest monitoring and reporting activities. The 20 are part...
CIVIC RESPONSE ORGANISES 2ND TRAINING FOR CSO OBSERVERS
Civic Response, , News, CSO Observer, FC, FLEGT, forest, Ghana, TVD, VPA, 0A second training on TVD legality verification audits has been organised in Accra for selected civil society representatives. The...
DEFINE LEGAL COCOA – CHRIS BEEKO
Civic Response, , News, Cocoa, deforestation, FLEGT, forest, illegal cocoa production, illegal logging, TFA2020, VPA, 1Director for the Timber Validation Department of the Forestry Commission, Mr. Chris Beeko, has made a recommendation for definition...
GHANA LAUNCHES TIMBER TRANSPARENCY PORTAL
Civic Response, , News, FLEGT, Ghana, legal timber, timber, transparency, VPA, 0Civic Response, in collaboration with the Forestry Commission of Ghana, has launched the Ghana Timber Transparency Portal. The portal...
CIVIC RESPONSE TRAINS COMMUNITY FOREST MONITORS
Civic Response, , News, CSIFM, FLEGT, forest, forest monitoring, Ghana, IFM, VPA, 0Twenty-five (25) community representatives have been trained to undertake community level forest monitoring. The training which was organised by...
CSO’S CAPACITIES BUILT ON ADVOCACY AND POLICY INFLUENCING
Civic Response, , News, advocacy, capacity building, CSO, FLEGT, forest, forest reserve, forestry sector, Ghana, illegal logging, illegal mining, lobbying, policy influencing, VPA, 018/8/2017 Members of Forest Watch Ghana (FWG) have received training on advocacy and policy influencing. The two-day capacity building...
TACKLING ILLEGAL LOGGING IN GHANA: WHY CIVIL SOCIETY IS GENERATING PRESSURE TO DELIVER A VPA
Civic Response, , News, EU, FLEGT, forest governance, Ghana, illegal logging, VPA, 66I have just returned from a two-week policy tour of Europe, visiting decision makers working on the EU Forest...
BREXIT, FLEGT-VPA, & GHANA: UK MUST REMAIN COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING FOREST GOVERNANCE REFORM!
Civic Response, , News, Brexit, FLEGT, forest governance, Ghana, UK, VPA, 1Great Britain is one of Ghana’s strategic development partners and our political partnership is over 200 years old. For...
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