MAPPING FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION OPPORTUNITIES IN GHANA
1 Assessment of Forest Landscape Restoration Assessing and Capitalizing on the Potential to Potential In Ghana To Contribute To REDD+ Enhance Forest Carbon Sinks through Forest Strategies For Climate Change Mitigation, Landscape Restoration while Benefitting Poverty Alleviation And Sustainable Forest Biodiversity Management
FLR Opportunities/Potential in Ghana
2 PROCESS
National Assessment of Off-Reserve Areas
Framework Method Regional Workshops National National National - Moist Stakeholders’ Assessment of validation - Transition Workshop Forest Reserves Workshop - Savannah - Volta NREG, FIP, FCPF, etc
3 INCEPTION WORKSHOP
. Participants informed about the project
. Institutional commitments to collaborate with the project secured
. The concept of forest landscape restoration communicated and understood
. Forest condition scoring proposed for reserves within and outside the high forest zone
4 National Assessment of Forest Reserves
5 RESERVES AND NATIONAL PARKS IN GHANA Burkina Faso
&V BAWKU ZEBILLA BONGO NAVRONGO TUMU &V &V &V &V
SANDEMA &V BOLGATANGA &V LAWRA &V JIRAPA GAMBAGA &V &V N
NADAWLI WALEWALE &V &V
WA &V
GUSHIEGU &V
SABOBA &V SAVELUGU &V
TOLON YENDI TAMALE &V &V &V ZABZUGU &V
DAMONGO BOLE &V &V
BIMBILA &V Republic of
SALAGA Togo &V
NKWANTA Republic &V of Cote D'ivoire KINTAMPO &V
KETE-KRACHI ATEBUBU WENCHI KWAME DANSO &V &V &V &V
DROBO TECHIMAN NKORANZA &V &V &V KADJEBI &V BEREKUM JASIKAN &V EJURA &V SUNYANI &V DORMAA AHENKRO &V &V
HOHOE BECHEM &V &V DONKORKROM TEPA KPANDU KENYASE NO. 1 &V &V OFINSO &V &V AGONA AKROFOSO &V &V EFFIDUASE MANKRANSO GOASO &V &V &V &V KUMASI NKAWIE &V MAMPONG ASHANTI &V EJISU &V HO &V MPRAESO &V JUASO &V &V KUNTENASE &V MANSO NKWANTA &V BIBIANI BEKWAI &V &V &V BEGORO JUABESO NEW ABIREM &V &V &V ATIMPOKU SEFWI WIAWSO OBUASI &V &V KIBI &V AKATSI &V SOMANYA DENU KADE KOFORIDUA &V &V NEW EDUBIASE &V ODUMASE KROBO ADIDOME &V SUHUM &V &V &V &V SOGAKOPE DUNKWA-ON-OFIN &V &V AKIM ODA KETA &V &V AKROPONG AKWAPIM &V ASAMANKESE DODOWA &V &V ENCHI ASANKRAGUA &V NSAWAM ADA FOAH &V &V &V &V ASSIN FOSU AMASAMAN &V &V TEMA MUNICIPAL AREA TWIFO PRASO BREMAN ASIKUMA &V &V &V AGONA SWEDRU ACCRA &V &V AJUMAKO &V ABURA DUNKWA WINNEBA TARKWA V& Towns &V APAM &V &V &V SALTPOND National Park DABOASE &V &V ELMINA HALF ASSINI &V Forest Reserve &V CAPE COAST &V a e Waterbody SEKONDI uin AGONA NKWANTA &V G AXIM &V f &V Gulf o 6 FOREST TYPES IN GHANA
Area (km2) Percent of total forest area Types and subtypes subtype type
Wet Evergreen 6,570 8.1
Moist Evergreen 17,770 21.9
Upland Evergreen 292 0.3
Moist Semi-deciduous 32,890 40.4
- South-east 18,460
- North-east 14,430
Dry Semi-deciduous 21,440 26.4
- Inner Zone 8,630
- Fire Zone 12,810
Southern Marginal 2,360 2.9
South-East Outlier 20 0.03
Total Forest Area 81,342 100
7 FOREST COVER MAPPING IN RESERVES: RATIONALE
.Constraints on restoration are much smaller in reserves than off reserves
.Presence of degradation in reserves usually implies opportunity for restoration
.There is a strong interest in Ghana to assess degradation status of forest reserves
.Forest reserves provide a comparatively easy and well known starting point for method development
8 FOREST COVER MAPPING IN RESERVES
. Select, acquire and prepare satellite images
. Map and analyze forest cover
. Calculate areas of different forest cover types
9 EXAMPLE: DRAW RIVER FOREST RESERVE
10 EXAMPLE: BONSA RIVER FOREST RESERVE
11 EXAMPLE: BURU RESERVE (SAVANNAH REGION) EXAMPLE: MAMANG RIVER FOREST RESERVE
13 National Assessment of Off-Reserve Areas
14 NEW LAND COVER MAP
. Existing land cover/land use map was outdated and of poor quality
.The most recent Landsat images were selected, acquired, corrected, fused into a mosaic, and interpreted
. New national map to serve as foundation for restoration opportunity assessment, including off reserves
15 REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS’ WORKSHOP
Working in small groups, using the new land cover map as a foundation ...
. Delineate and characterize areas on regional maps in terms of restoration needs.
. Describe each polygon in terms of possible and recommended restoration interventions, and obstacles (agro-technical, social, legal, etc)
. Identification of "bright spots", and examples of restoration interventions that have been successful on the ground and could be emulated
. List types of restoration interventions that should be considered along with approximate cost and biomass gain
16 REGIONAL WORKSHOPS: INTENSE DISCUSSIONS
17 REGIONAL WORKSHOPS: UNREFINED RESULTS
18 DRAFT RESTORATION OPPORTUNITY MAP
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H G Following processing and refinement of the output from two regional workshops
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