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August 10, 2010
This Forest Trends/Katoomba Group report presents an analysis of the legal and policy framework for tree and forest carbon in Ghana – key elements for REDD+. It shows how the current legal and regulatory structure for forestry and lands in Ghana provides indications and precedents for how carbon rights and benefits might be managed and distributed. But it also highlights significant hurdles and challenges that will need to be addressed. It argues that realizing the full ecological and economic potential of REDD+ will require meaningful legal reforms and innovative application of existing mechanisms in order to effectively address the real drivers of deforestation and ensure permanence in any REDD+ activities.
The Ghana REDD Opportunities Scoping Exerceis was one of three ROSE country case studies conducted in 2009. It has provided the Katoomba Incubator with a solid basis for strategic engagement with REDD+ in Ghana, both at the project or sub-national level, and at the national or policy level. The ROSE study consisted of two main stages; a two-day key informant or expert workshop, and an analysis of legal and policy constraints by a small in-country team. This report focuses on the first part of the ROSE methodology, the expert workshop; a second Ghana ROSE report, entitled “REDD Opportunities Scoping Exercise: Implications of the Legal and Policy Framework for Tree and Forest Carbon in Ghana”, goes into greater depth on the legal and policy issues surrounding the development of REDD+ in Ghana
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