1st Forest Governance Forum, Ghana 2011
This 1st Forest Governance Forum took place from 7-8 June 2011 in Accra, Ghana.
Presentations
Day One
Session 1: International Processes
- Jannik Vaa – EC Delegation in Accra – International VPA processes
- Chris Beeko and Richard Gyimah – Ghana Forestry Commission (Timber Validation Department) – Implementing the Legality Assurance System in Ghana
- Charles Miller – Technical Secretariat Liberia VPA Team – Update on the Liberia VPA
Session 2: Monitoring Forest Governance
- Sam Lawson- Chatham House – Indicators of Illegal Logging (Ghana)
- Willie Laate – CIKOD – Forest Governance Scorecards (Ghana)
- Mary Hobley – Independent Consultant – FLEGT and impacts on poverty alleviation
Session 3: FLEGT – REDD Linkages
- Kingsley Bekoe – Forest Watch Ghana – Lessons for FLEGT from REDD
- Yaw Kwakwe – Ghana Forestry Commission – Addressing Forest Governance through REDD
- Saskia Ozinga – FERN – FLEGT: The Best Tool to Improve Forest Governance
Day Two
Session 4: International Regulations
- Caitlin Clarke – World Resources Institutue – The US Lacey Act
- Rachel Butler – UK Timber Trade Federation – EU Illegal Timber Regulation
- Mustapha Seidu – WWF Ghana – Private Sector initiatives towards legality/sustainability
Session 5: Legality and Sustainability
- Sofie Tind Nielsen – Proforest – Current State of EU procurement policies
- Alhassan Attah – Ghana Forestry Certification – Legality and Certification
Session 6: International Market Perspectives
- John May – James Latham – UK perspective on Emerging Market changes
- Marine LeBlanc – IFIA – Trade opportunities between Ghana and the Congo Basin
