forest investment programme in ghana · •the allodial title holder of land in ghana is the land...
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Relationship Between The Dedicated Grant Mechanism
& Forest Investment Programme
in Ghana
Brasilia, 2012
Min
istries of Lan
ds &
Natu
ral Reso
urces
and
Enviro
nm
ent Scien
ce & Tech
no
logy
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MAP OF WEST AFRICA SHOWING GHANA AND TROPICAL HIGH FOREST ZONE
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
TENURIAL SYSTEM IN GHANA
UPDATE ON DGM & FIP
PROCESSES IN GHANA
LINKAGES BETWEEN
DGM AND FIP PROCESSES
CHALLENGES AND
WAY FORWARD
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LAND OWNERSHIP
CATEGORY PERCENTAGE
STATE (Public Acquired Lands) 2%
VESTED LANDS (Community owned but State Controlled)
18%
COMMUNAL LANDS (Communities and Family Lands) 80%
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COMMUNITY LAND MANAGEMENT
Legal Technical/Administrative
ChiefLandholding Priest
Elders
Family Head
Households/ Community
Village Lands/ Sacred Grove
Advice
Management structure of communal forests
LANDOWNERSHIP
STRUCTURE
1. King
2. Paramountcy
3. Divisional Chiefs
4. Village Chief
5. Regent
6. Divisional Chiefs
7. Family Head
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Forest Tenure• The allodial title holder of land in Ghana is the land owning
community represented by the skin or stool.
• Land tenure for the individual or group of persons is acquired by virtue of belonging to the stool or skin.
• Statutory laws currently regulate rights over land acquired from allodial title holders and their rightful subjects.
• The state has the right to appropriate land for national purposes in return for compensation or certain benefits as is the case of forest reserves.
• In forestry terms, tenure rights is linked to whether the land is within a reserve or off-reserve area.
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DEDICATED GRANT
MECHANISMPHOTO: STEVE JOHNSON (ITTO)
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Dedicated Grant Mechanism
Worldwide 8 countries selected to take part in DGM of which 3 in Africa: Ghana, Burkina Fas & DRC
November 2010 Africa Regional Conference, formulation of the DGM
April 2011 Meeting in Bangkok, bringing all 8 countries together
September 2011 Washington DC, finalization of the DGM proposal
November 2011 FIP Sub-Committee approves DGM
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DGM in Ghana• Importance of DGM because of tenurial complexities• communities recognized in forest-related initiatives –
because they own land• There Important to stress the role of DGM in
participating in the development and implementation of the FIP
• Ghana has an active working group which is planning for the official launch of DGM (May 2012). The launch will:– Disseminate of information on DGM to communities &
traditional leaders– Plan for further regional meetings
• Planning towards harmonization of On-going projects, FIP, FCPF & DGM under the REDD+ Agenda.
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GFIP PROCESS
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GHANA’S APPROACH
• Formation of Project Preparation Committee
– Representatives from Public Sector Agencies
– Representatives of Civil Society Groups • Civic Response is currently leading the consensus building on tree
tenure and benefit sharing
• FIP Validation Committee
– Public Sector Agencies
– Civil Society Groups
– Local Community Representatives
– Traditional Authorities
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GHANA’S APPROACH - 1
• Bottom up Approach
1. Awareness Creation on purpose and expected outputs – necessary to create a discussion and decision-making platform where all actors are informed and able to participate equally
COLLABORATIVE RESOURCE MANGEMENT
IndustryPublic
Sector
CBOs
Traditional
AuthoritiesNGOs
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GHANA’S APPROACH - 2
• BUILDING ON EXISTING STRUCTURES
– Forest Forum
– Multistakeholder Committee (MSIC) under the VPA-FLEGT
– NREG TCC+
• REDD+ Consultative Platform
– 5 Technical Working Groups
– Subject Matter Working Groups
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GHANA APPROACH - 3
• Feedback Mechanism1. Step 1: Different stakeholders were first of all
identified and consulted • Stakeholder Groups consulted include traditional
authorities, community groups, environmental NGOs; private sector, particularly the timber industry & cocoa sector; and Ghana’s Development Partners
2. Step 2: Their concerns and proposals for action were compiled and synthesized
3. Step 3: Feed back Mechanism where synthesized and recommendations were discussed at meetings of representatives of identifiable groups
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LINKAGES BETWEEN DGM
AND FIP
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KEY LESSONS• Even though DGM has not been officially
launched the process has taken off and is active in Ghana
• DGM process seen as being complementary to GFIP process
• DGM input into GFIP has been appreciable– Community and civil society
• DGM process will further help– Build capacity of local communities– Build consensus and facilitate tenurial and benefit
sharing arrangements– Strengthen Decentralisation process
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CHALLENGES
• DGM has lagged behind the preparation of the GFIP
– However will be actively involved in implementation
• Complementary Processes – How to create a joint mechanism towards development and implementation of GFIP whilst at the same time maintaining their independence / autonomy
• Poor capacity of local community and civil society groups to support the GFIP.
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