Ghana
All about the Ghana-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement

Ghana has around 2.6 million hectares of forest reserves dedicated to timber production, and an additional 2 million hectares of crop land that also produce timber. The country also has 500 000 hectares of unreserved forests. The forest sector is the fourth largest contributor to Ghana's GDP.
Ghana has a strong reputation for innovation in timber processing, making products particularly suited to the European market. Around a third of Ghana's timber exports are sent to the EU.
Ghana has ratified a VPA with the EU, and is developing the systems needed to control, verify and license legal timber.
For more information, visit the Ghana FLEGT VPA website.
VPA status
Detailed information on efforts by Ghana and the EU to tackle illegal logging through a Voluntary Partnership Agreement.
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