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\"\"<\/a>Government has been urged to act more robustly to enforce laws on the protection and management of the country\u2019s forests, an international forestry expert said on Friday.<\/p>\n

Ms Debora Van Bovenflier, a Forestry Consultant of a Netherlands-based NGO, Form International, said it was time drastic and punitive sanctions were taken against those wreaking havoc in the forests through illegal logging and mining.<\/p>\n

She said everything should be done to make sure that laws, institutions and procedures were put in place to assure sustainable management of the forest were functional.<\/p>\n

Ms Van Bovenflier was speaking at a day\u2019s workshop on the development of a training centre to support the \u201cForest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT)\u201d implementation in Ghana.<\/p>\n

It was jointly organized by the Kumasi Wood Cluster, Form International and the West Africa Forest Programme Office.<\/p>\n

Ghana, according to experts, could sustainably produce about two million cubic metres of timber annually, but it is said to be extracting 4.4 million cubic metres, twice the annual allowable harvest.<\/p>\n

The goal, he said, was therefore to establish the framework for a training centre to strengthen the capacity of government bodies, private sector, NGOs and future professionals in the forestry sector.<\/p>\n

The participants were drawn from timber companies, the universities, mining sector, the Forestry Commission and the Crop and Soil Research Institutes.<\/p>\n

Mr Tieme Wanders, another Consultant of Form International, said all should join in the nation-wide effort to curb the on-going degradation by tackling illegal logging.<\/p>\n

He noted that the nation\u2019s forestry sector was becoming weaker and less significant and expressed confidence that a strong and vibrant training centre would improve the situation.<\/p>\n

The participants were exposed to a wide range of techniques of timber harvesting that could help to reduce the growing destruction.<\/p>\n

Source: GNA<\/p>\n\n

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