Year of publication 2011

A District Forestry Plan outlines the forest and wildlife resources in the given district, their contribution to local livelihoods, challenges to their sustainable and equitable management, and an action plan for optimising their contribution to environmental sustainability and local livelihoods. In 2010, the Forestry Commission and FAO through the NLBI tasked Tropenbos International Ghana to facilitate the development of District Forestry Plans for two pilot districts: Assin Fosu Forest District, focusing on Assin North Municipal and Assin South District Assemblies in the Central Region and Lawra Forest District focusing on Lawra and Nadowli District Assemblies in the Upper West Region. This manual has been developed to serve as a guide for the other districts to develop their own District Forestry Plans. The prescriptions in the manual were informed by the experiences in developing the two District Forestry Plans. The manual outlines the materials required, stakeholders to be involved and the procedure to be followed for developing a District Forestry Plan.