ABSTRACT
The CIF-FIP funded ELCIR+ project sought to establish a sustainable human-forest symbiosis in Ghana, with measures to increase household earnings while shifting rural income generation away from dependencies on unsustainable forest-extraction, and buttressing procedures for regenerative timber harvesting, equitable timber benefit sharing, and yield-increasing agroforestry systems. This case study examines the challenges encountered, and significant wins made, in delivering this via a collaborative and ambitious all-stakeholder, multi-modal approach.
PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS
- The ambitiousness of the multimodal intervention, and its delivery at both the macro-policy and micro-practice levels, proved effective in accommodating the full gamut of variables across the forest-human nexus.
- Coaction, aligning multifaceted and competing climate, economic, and environmental objectives, was feasible because all constituent parties had voice and agency in design and decision-making.
- Beneficiary-centricity, including clear identification of opportunity costs and their drivers, supported by continuous feedback from end-recipients, was a crucial determinant of relevance and long-term sustainability.
CITE THIS CONTENT AS
CIF 2023. Climate Delivery Initiative Series in the Climate Investment Funds.
