80 Forestry Commission managers schooled on SRA portal
“Under the Ghana Legality Assurance System, implemented within the framework of the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreement between Ghana and the European Union, we have taken significant steps to ensure that timber placed on the market is legally produced, traceable and compliant with all applicable legal requirements”.
Reaffirmation In an address delivered on his behalf, the Director, Timber Validation Department, Forestry Commission, Kwabena Akyeampong Boakye, said the training was a reaffirmation of their collective responsibility to protect Ghana’s forest resources, uphold legality and ensure that the communities who live closest to our forests share meaningfully in the benefits of sustainable timber operations.
It formed part of the implementation of a project dubbed “Support for the implementation of Social Responsibility Agreements (SRA) in Ghana’s forestry sector - Enhancing SRA Implementation in Ghana” with funding from the European Union through Agence Française de Développement (AFD).
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