Components
of the NRMP
The Divisions of the re-established
Forestry Commission are the focal
points for the implementation of the
bulk of components under the NRMP.
The NRMP, which is a three-phase ten-year
investment programme launched in September,
1999, has the following components:
Component
1 - High Forest Resource Management
(HRM)
Since the
promulgation of the Forest and Wildlife
Policy in 1994, the sector agencies
have made progress in upgrading high
forest resource management systems
and procedures. Much remains to be
done where it really matters, in the
districts, forest reserves and villages
of southern Ghana. NRMP I will enable
the implementing agencies to introduce
their new sustainable resource management
systems and institutional frameworks
across the high forest zone.
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HRM
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Component
2 - Savanna Resource Management (SRM)
The arid northern savanna zone (SZ)
occupies the greater part of Ghana.
Optimal management of its delicate
natural resource base is essential
if the people of this impoverished
region are to secure for themselves
a better future. Most efforts at improved
management of natural resources in
the SZ have centred on government
and NGO-led programmes to protect
the reserves and promote tree planting.
In addition, the programmes of the
Ministries of Lands and Forestry (MLF),
and Food and Agriculture (MoFA) have
been operating independently, whilst
the indigenous coping strategies and
priorities of the local people have
been overlooked. The SRM Component
is innovative and ambitious and represents
a radical departure from prevailing
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SRM
Component
3 - Wildlife Resource Management (WRM)
In 1998,
building on the Forestry Development
Master Plan, the Wildlife Department
(WD) published a comprehensive Wildlife
Development Plan 1998-2003. The goal
of the Wildlife Development Plan is
to provide a basis for achieving sustainable
use of wildlife resources, thereby
contributing to the attainment of
Ghana’s Vision 2020 objective
of raising living standards to the
level of a middle income country by
the year 2020.
The Wildlife
Development Plan describes the strategies
to be pursued in implementing the
1994 Forest and Wildlife Policy and
the specific actions to be taken in
the medium term (1998-2003).»
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WRM
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Component
4 - Biodiversity Conservation in the
High Forest Zone
Since 1994 the Forestry Department
has been implementing a set of forest
protection measures aimed at ensuring
the biodiversity and environmental
quality of Ghana’s forest reserves
is maintained. These measures fall
into two broad categories; fine grained
measures which target small patches
of forest right down to single trees
and large grained areas for protection
of large, contiguous blocks of forest
as a second line of defense against
fires, erosion and, most importantly
protection of areas of high floral
diversity.
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About Biodiversity Component
Component
5 - Environmental Management Co-ordination
(EMC)
Implementation of the National Environmental
Action Plan (NEAP) was initially supported
by the Ghana Environmental Resource
Management Project (GERMP), which
became effective in March 1993. During
NRMP I, the experiences gained under
the GERMP will be built upon in the
area of environmental management co-ordination
and specifically in the area of promoting,
sharing and use of environmental information
generated under GERMP.
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about EMC
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Key
Result Areas of the NRMP
The overall successful implementation
of the NRMP is expected to lead to
the under-listed results:
- Improvement
in the policy and regulatory environment
for high forest management and timber
industry development
- Enhanced
community involvement in the management
of forest, wildlife and savanna
woodland resources and improved
benefit flows to communities from
resource sales;
- Community
and farmer adoption of improved
land and water management techniques;
- Improved
management of wildlife resources
while increasing their contribution
to local livelihoods and economic
development; and
- Implementation
of the protection strategy to enhance
conservation of globally significant
biodiversity in forest reserves
and national parks.
DEVELOPING
PARTNERS in the NRMP
International
Development Association (of the World
Bank Group) (IDA)
European
Union (EU)
African
Development Bank (AfDB)
Department
for International Development (DFID)
Royal
Netherlands Embassy (RNE)
German
Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
Japanese
International Co-operation Agency
(JICA)
Danish
International Development Agency (DANIDA)
World
Food Programme (WFP)
Global
Environmental Facility (GEF)
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