The project will help implement Ghana's National Forest Protection Strategy, which targets priority forest reserves for increased protection, including setting aside Special Biological Protection Areas. Project will identify and exploit opportunities to increase the financial benefits of biodiversity, in particular through ecotourism, extraction of non-timber forest products and restoration of degraded lands through commercial plantations. It will also strengthen capacity in the Forestry Department to manage such activities. Associated project will improve the policy environment for sustainable forest management, promote local community involvement in woodland management in the savannah zone, and improve wildlife management while treating it as an economically productive element.

Project Details

GEF Project ID
136
Country
Ghana
Implementing Agencies
The World Bank
Approval FY
1998
Status
Completed
Region
Africa
Executing Agencies
Ministry of Lands and Forests
GEF Period
GEF - 1
Project Type
Full-size Project
Focal Areas
Funding Source
GEF Trust Fund

Financials

USD
Co-financing Total
53,500,000
GEF Project Grant
8,700,000

Timeline

Concept Approved
01 Aug 1997
Project Approved for Implementation
10 May 1998
Project Closed
24 Mar 2008