Welcome to Working Group on Forest Cert.

Overview of Forest Certification

Growing environmental awareness and consumer demand for more socially responsible businesses through certification emerged in the 1990s as a credible tool for communicating the environmental and social performance of forest operations. Forest certification is an important tool for those seeking to ensure that the paper and wood products they purchase and use come from forests that are well-managed...

Working Rules

1. The Working Group on Forest Certification, Ghana, originally established as the National Working Group under clause 3.2, of the Constitution for the...

Simple Guide on Forest Certification

Since the past four decades, there has been a growing concern worldwide about deforestation and biodiversity loss in the tropical forests. There was p...

Ghana Forest Mgt. Certi. Standard,

The Standard Since 1997 Ghana has been developing a national certification programme for forestry. The programme of development started in the form of...

News

Working Group sensitize the Media on Certification and Sustainable Forest Management

WORKING GROUP (WG) on Forest Certification-Ghana, a multi-stakeholder Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) dedicated to the promotion of sustainable forest management through certification in Ghana last week organized a one day media sensitization workshop on Forest Certification and Sustainable Fore...

Promoting SRA among communities in Ghana

Working Group (WG) on Forest Certification, an NGO accredited by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to promote Forest Certification in Ghana has extended its awareness raising activities to communities fringing the Timber Utilization Areas of Log & Lumber Limited (LLL) and Ayum Forest Prod...

WG Statement on FSC

Today 25th September 2009, is the 1st International FSC Friday. The objective of the day is to celebrate forests around the globe and promote responsible forest management worldwide.

The FSC’s (an international NGO) vision is that the world’s forests meet the social, ecological and economic right...

About Us

Working Profile

The Working Group (WG) on Forest Certification is a registered non-governmental organization charged with the responsibility of advancing the process of Forest Certification in Ghana. It was created at a National Stakeholders Forum in January, 2003. The WG comprises nine (9) members each representi...