COMPLETION REPORT ITTO project RED-SPD/077 Rev.1 (F) Rehabilitation of degraded forests for sustainable wood fuel production and climate change mitigation in the forest-savanna transition zone of Ghana January 2017 Host Government:Forestry TheResearch Government Institute of Ghana of Ghana Executing agency: CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana 1 Project number: ITTO project RED-SPD 077/12 -Rev.1 (F) Project title: Rehabilitation of degraded forests for sustainable wood fuel production and climate change mitigation in the forest-savanna transition zone of Ghana Starting date: May 2013 Duration of project: 24 months Project cost: Total US$ 169,359.50 ITTO US$121,662.00 Government of Ghana : US$ 47,697.50 Report type: Completion report Project staff: Project Coordinator & Socio Economist Beatrice Darko Obiri (PhD), e-mail:[email protected]; bdobiri@csir- forig.org.gh Eric Nutakor Sociologist Environmental economist Elizabeth Asantewaa Obeng (PhD); Lawrence Damnyag (PhD) Ecology/bio-physical expert Emmanuel Opuni-Frimpong (PhD); Lucy Amissah(PhD) Nursery expert Theresa Peprah (Mrs) Energy expert James Kofi Korang (PhD) Policy expert Kwame Antwi Oduro (PhD); Julius Nkansah Nyarko Statistics & documentation Stella Britwum Acquah (Mrs) Technician – Statistics /Field experiment Richard Kwadwo Adjei Technician - Social Science Kwame Sarfo Bonsu Technician - Botany Jonathan Dabo Technician - Forestry/Field experiment Kwaku Asumadu Technician - Ecology/forestry James Govina Technician - Ecology/forestry Daniel Debrah Technician - Nursery Sandra Owusu (Mrs) Field supervisor Emmanuel Opoku Antwi Executing agency: CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, University, P.O. Box 63, KNUST-Kumasi, Ghana Tel:+233-03220-60122 Fax: +233-03220-60121 Email: [email protected] Place and date of issue: Kumasi, July 2017 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of ITTO or the Government of Ghana. The materials contained here are based on the authors’ knowledge of the subject and how they can contribute to the sustainable management of woodfuel resources and similar project sites in and outside Ghana 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We are thankful to the Donors through ITTO for providing the financial support for execution of this project. We appreciate the Staff at ITTO through the Executive Director for the overall coordination and release of funds for susccessful implemtation of this project. We are especially thankful to Dr. MASUPA Kambale of the ITTO is particularly thanked for the field monitoring and guidance in the implementation of this project. The local communities have particularly noted the usefulness of the field monitoring as one exercise that boosted their morals and urged them on during the implementation of the project. The collaborators of this project particularly the Forest Services Division of the Forestry Commission represented by Mr. Emmanuel Opoku-Antwi and his technical staff at the Kintampo Forest District as well as Energy Commission represented by Mr Julius Nkansah- Nyarko are appreciated for their efforts, cooperation and contribution in the execution of the project. We would like to acknowledge the contribution of Dr. Kofi Kwakye-Ameyaw and Mr. Oppong-Sasu, Directors at the Forestry Commission, Accra for successful execution of the project. 3 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS CBO Community-Based Organizations CDM Clean Development Mechanism CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research EC Energy Commission FIP Forest Investment Programme FORIG Forestry Research Institute of Ghana FRA Forest Resources Assessment FSD Forest Services Division FSTZ Forest–Savannah Transition zone GHG Green House Gas GOG Government of Ghana IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ITTO International Tropical Timber Organization LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas MARV Measurement, Assessment, Reporting and Verification MP Project Monitoring Protocol NGO Non-Governmental Organization NTFP Non-Timber Forest Product PES Payment For Environment Services PTC Project Technical Committee REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation REDD+ Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation-Plus Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing REDDES Environmental Services R-PP Readiness Preparation Proposal SFM Sustainable Forest Management SPSS Statistical Package for Social Science SZ Savanna Zone TPD Thematic Program Document 4 CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................. 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.0 IDENTIFICATION .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Context .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Origin and problem ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 2.0 PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ........................................................................ 9 2.1 Rationale ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9 2.2 Development objective ................................................................................................................................................ 11 2.3 Specific objective......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Expected project outcomes ................................................................................................................................................ 11 2.4 Implementation strategy .............................................................................................................................................. 11 2.4.1 Baseline studies ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 2.4.2 Field experimentation and evaluation ....................................................................................................................... 12 I. Preparatory stakeholder dialogue meetings ............................................................................................................... 12 2.4.3 Technical studies ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 2.4.4 Policy and stakeholder dialogue for development of woodfuel resource management plan .................................... 14 3.0 PROJECT RESULTS/ OUTCOMES ........................................................................................................................... 14 3.1 Baseline studies ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 3.1.1Socio-economic study ................................................................................................................................................ 14 3.1.3 Ethno-ecological study ............................................................................................................................................. 27 3.1.4 Ecological study........................................................................................................................................................ 28 3.1.5 Community perceptions on natural regeneration of woodfuel species ..................................................................... 31 3.1.5.1 Socio-demographic profile of respondents interviewed ........................................................................................ 31 3.2 Establishment of woodfuel trial plots .......................................................................................................................... 34 3.2.1 Planting material production ..................................................................................................................................... 34 3.2.2 Establishment of on-farm woodlot test plots ............................................................................................................ 35 3.2.3 Evaluation of on-farm test/trial plots ........................................................................................................................ 38 3.2.3.1 Biological assessment ............................................................................................................................................ 38 3.2.3.2 Economic assessment of test plots