Forest Management In Ghana

For the purpose of required capacity, a field visit to the study organisations/institutions, questionnaires, group discussions and a key informant interviews were undertaken .The research also studied organisational/institutional documents and literatures. In the year 1980s and the early 1990s however, the forest of Ghana was undergoing excessive deforestation. Chainsaw operation which was considered as illegal was flourishing in the timber business. Moreover, the forest institutions were demoralised and inefficient due to insufficient funding. Global and stakeholder concerns about forest loss and it implication to the environment culminated in the revision of the old forest policy. Finally forest and wildlife policy 1994 was implemented. The

Target-setting form of the FSD staff is found in the appendices. It states the targets or goals the staff would like to achieve by the end of the year. Staff are given the opportunity to explain their performance goal and needs during the year. The FSD officials are expected to be guided by the following specific objective:

• Implement the framework for the suitable management, development and protection;

• Identify and activate a diversified portfolio of sustainable revenue sources without compromising the integrity of the

5.7 SWOT Analyses of Forest Sectors

The assessment of the management capacity provides important insights into the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats of the forest sectors in the districts. In chapter 5.5 the factors affecting the effective function of forest management and policy was mentioned and illustrate in table 9. This may have a significant impact on decision making and development interventions. Particularly, what is relevant here are tradeoff between the weakness and the strength of every organisation/institution. The decision makers should balance these aspects as shown in table 14 and 15 to promote environmental