The Forestry Commission (FC) has received a delegation from the twenty- eight Conference of Parties (COP28) secretariat at the Head office. The delegation was led by Dr. Fred Launay, Chief Executive Officer of a non-profit organization, Panthera, and Board Member of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund; Mr. DaneRead More →
The Climate Change Directorate (CCD) of the Forestry Commission (FC) in collaboration with the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) and the REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standards (TREES), has organized a 4-day engagement for stakeholders. The workshop was to help prepare Ghana for the third-party verification and validation process and to alsoRead More →
The Climate Change Department (CCD)of Forestry Commission with funding support from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)has organised a capacity building for selected staff of the Commission. The purpose of this training was to educate stakeholders on the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions / The REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standard (ART/TREES) whichRead More →
Members of the Nantong-Zoo Community in the Tamale Forest District of the Northern Region, have appealed to the Forestry Commission to flush out Fulani nomadic herdsmen from forest reserves in the area. They lamented that the activities of Fulani herdsmen are the main cause of bushfires in the forest reserves.Read More →
As part of activities earmarked for the 2024 Anti–Bushfire Campaign, the Corporate Affairs & Media Relations Unit (CAMRU) has organized a sensitization and awareness creation program at Damongo in the Savannah Region. This was done in collaboration with the Forest Services Division (FSD) and with support from the Climate ChangeRead More →
The Corporate Affairs & Media Relations Unit (CAMRU) in collaboration with the Climate Change Directorate (CCD) and Forest Services Division (FSD), have embarked on a sensitisation and awareness creation programme on bushfires.The event took place in the Tamale Forest District of the Northern Region as part of a series ofRead More →
The Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reduction Project (GSLERP) , hosted by the Climate Change Department of Forestry Commission, has donated logistics to the Forest Services and Wildlife Divisions of the Forestry Commission.The GSLERP is a component of the Ghana REDD+ Project that has been developed to address deforestation and degradationRead More →
Under the Ghana Shea Landscape Emissions Reduction Project (GSLERP), an event has been held at the 69 Airborne Military Camp, Tamale, to outdoor the first 1,000 grafted shea seedlings, the first of its kind in the history of Forestry Commission (FC), to be planted on GSLERP sites.This was done underRead More →
A team from Tullow Oil, made up of the Board and top management staff has paid a visit to the Forestry Commission (FC), to be updated on the execution of an Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA). In line with Ghana’s REDD+ strategy, the Agreement will cover the sale and purchaseRead More →
The beneficiaries of the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme (GCFRP) have received payments for the role they played in reducing tons of carbon emissions in the country.The GFCRP was launched by the President of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo on 4th October, 2019. The GCFRP has the aimRead More →
