The country’s timber volume fell by 20.44% and in value by 13.04% in 2011. Timber’s foreign exchange earnings also fell slightly, as the country realised 7,187,938 euros from export of 21,020 cubic ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory CoastABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — New documents on logging permits in Ghana indicate most timber exported from the country is likely illegal, exposing purchasers to possible jail time under a ...

When conversations turn to Ghana’s exports, most people think of cocoa, gold, or oil. Yet quietly, another success story has ...

With more than a third of the world’s tree species sliding towards extinction, and amidst the escalating climate and biodiversity crises, Ghana is stepping up efforts to protect its timber and support ...

The bulk of timber produced from logging operations in Ghana fails to meet criteria set for import into the E.U. claims a new report from Global Witness. The environmental watchdog group analyzed some ...

Timber was once the third largest export for the West African nation and the latest revelation that Ghana may have to import the commodity will send shockwaves to authorities and environmentalists.

Over the next couple of weeks, the government and timber companies in the Western Region and elsewhere will be at pain trying to convince the public as to who is right or wrong in the on going war of ...

Ghana is intensifying efforts to attract European investment and technological support to accelerate the implementation of its long-term forest plantation programme, as the country positions itself as ...

The European Union has signed a sustainable forestry deal with Ghana that would stop imports of illegally-harvested timber from the West African nation, according to a statement released by the ...

The devastating impact has been revealed of illegal logging on bird communities in the understory layer of Ghana's Upper Guinea rain forests, one of the world's 25 "biodiversity hotspots" where the ...