The Ghana Public Private Partnership for the Restoration of Degraded Forest Reserve project is implemented by FORM GHANA LTD. It has received funds from the African Development Bank and the CIF’s Forest Investment Program (FIP). The objective of the project is the restoration of degraded forest reserves by establishing a large-scale sustainable commercial forest plantation in collaboration with the Government of Ghana (GoG) through its Forestry Commission (FC).
The report includes a section on a summary of the project and gender equality statistics from Ghana and from the project regions to provide context. It includes relevant gender considerations at play in the country and project sites, providing insights on the challenges faced by women when joining the labour market in the country, and particularly when they live in rural areas.