The Wildlife Division (WD) of the Forestry Commission (FC) has held its Annual Performance Review Meeting to review activities for 2023, and again initiate plans for the 2024 at the Forestry Commission Training Centre (FCTC), Ejisu at Akyawkrom in the Ashanti Region. The two-day meeting was graced by the FCRead 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 Greater Accra Chapter of the Forestry Commission Ladies Association (FCLA) has organized a training session on the theme “Corporate Grooming and Soft Skills.” The programme was held to observe this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) which fell on March 8.Mrs. Sandra Frimpong, the Greater Accra Chapter President of FCLA,Read More →
Ghana, represented by the Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, Mr John Allotey, has attended a high–level side event hosted by the Nature Crime Alliance at the Sixth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6), in Nairobi Kenya on 24th February 2024. At this event, Ghana’s membership of theRead More →
The Ghana Forest Plantation Technical Steering Committee (GFPTSC) has presented a revised copy of the Ghana Forest Plantation Strategy (GFPS) to the Forestry Commission, after four months of evaluation.The Committee was inaugurated on 28th April 2023, and tasked to undertake the maiden review of the GFPS.This task was in accordanceRead More →
The Director for the Forestry Commission Training Centre (FCTC), Hon. Dr. Andy Osei Okrah, has on behalf of the Centre, donated two podiums made from rosewood, to the Forestry Commission (FC) Head office.Mr. John Allotey, Chief Executive, FC; Mr. Hugh Brown, Executive Director, Forest Services Division(FSD); Dr. Joseph Boakye, Esq.,Read 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 →
The Wildlife Division (WD) of the Forestry Commission (FC) has supported A Rocha Ghana, a Ghanaian non-profit environmental conservation organisation, to sensitise pupils of the Wildlife Club of the Achimota Basic 2 School on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A Rocha Ghana’s Programme Support Officer, Ms. Stephanie Nkansah,Read More →
Tissue culture involves the production of genetically identical plant progeny through the cloning of a vegetative tissue or organ of the parent plant on a nutrient medium containing growth regulators under sterile conditions.Amangoase, a town in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region witnessed the commissioning of a state–of–the–artRead More →
