Lands minister inaugurates Forest Plantation Fund Board to drive reforestation agenda

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has inaugurated a six-member Forest Plantation Development Fund (FPDF) Board, tasking it with revitalising Ghana’s reforestation efforts done strategical money management.

Speaking astatine the inauguration, Minister Buah emphasised the value of the Board’s mandate, “This Board’s enactment is captious to transforming Ghana’s wood landscape. Through effectual money management, we volition make economical opportunities portion restoring our situation for aboriginal generations.”

He outlined the Board’s cardinal responsibilities arsenic follows:

• Fund Stewardship – Ensure transparent and impactful usage of fiscal resources

• Investment Mobilisation – Attract backstage superior for plantation development

• Sector Incentivisation – Develop appealing packages to promote backstage assemblage involvement

• Best Practice Promotion – Advance sustainable and modern plantation techniques

• Project Financing – Support innovative and high-impact wood initiatives

• Compliance Oversight – Monitor alignment with nationalist forestry and clime objectives

The Minister further directed the Board to fast-track fiscal enactment for plantation projects, fortify public-private partnerships successful the forestry sector, and afloat instrumentality the Tree for Life Reforestation Initiative up of the 2025 planting season.

In response, Board Chairman Lawyer Isaac Essien pledged the Board’s afloat commitment, stating, “We recognise this arsenic nationalist service, not idiosyncratic gain. With stakeholder cooperation, we volition present credible results for Ghana’s wood reserves.”

Deputy Minister Yusif Sulemana besides pledged the Ministry’s afloat enactment saying, “Your occurrence means occurrence for our clime resilience and greenish system goals.”

Members of the Forest Plantation Development Fund Board include:

• Lawyer Isaac Essien – Board Chairman

• Innocent Haligah – Acting Chief Director, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources

• Zakaria Sakara Ahmed – Member

• Wepia A. Awal Adugwala – Representative, Peasant Farmers Association

• Stephen Akwasi Boakye – Representative, Aidoo Tree Growers Association

• Prof. Ferdinand Ahiakpor – Representative, Agricultural Development Bank

This inauguration marks a pivotal measurement successful Ghana’s clime enactment plan, combining fiscal innovation with ecological restoration to combat deforestation and foster a sustainable greenish economy.