The government must increase investment in the forest sector to enhance the country's environmental resilience, job creation and economic growth, the World Bank has said.
In addition, the World Bank, said the country must shift from traditional approaches to technology-driven, high-value and diversified forest industries to derive more value from the sector.
Speaking at the closing of the Ghana National Landscape Forum, the Programme Leader, Planet Department of the World Bank in charge of Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Naila Ahmed, said the forest sector had huge potential which should be harnessed to boost job creation and enhance the country's economic growth.
The three-day forum was on the theme "Natural resource management and forest economy for inclusive and sustainable growth", the last day of which was focused on the forestry sector on the theme "Ghana's Forestry Economy." Ms Ahmed said the country's natural resources remained at the heart of its economic and environmental sustainability and should be tapped to accelerate the country's development.
