Campaigning for #communityrights in natural resource governance & celebrating the creative capacity of ordinary ppl to bring about CHANGE. Rts ≠ endorsements
Accra, Ghana
Joined September 2014
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Through the Enhancing Social Responsibility Agreement (SRA) Implementation in Ghana’s #Forestry Sector project funded by @AFD_France, Civic Response has begun empowering community #SRA committees in #Timber Utilisation Contract areas in Ghana to carry out their duties effectively
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Last week, #Forest Watch Ghana (FWG) held its 2nd General Meeting for 2026. The meeting provided the opportunity for members to share best practices and lessons, review progress made towards the FWG’s collective objectives and deliberate on current issues in the #forestry sector
“Cocoa is being monitored for deforestation. Gold, which is contributing heavily to that same deforestation, is not facing similar checks" .... Dr. Kojo Ahiakpa, an agribusiness expert.
#EUDR #Cocoa #Gold #galamsey
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In June 2026, Civic Response embarked on a community entry exercise across 5 forest districts reaching 28 #forest-fringe #communities as part of the Enhancing Social Responsibility Agreement (#SRA) Implementation in Ghana's #Forestry Sector project funded by @AFD_France
#FLEGT
ALT Asukawkaw Community
ALT Atonkor Community
ALT Komimaa Community
ALT Kamaso
Civic Response, with support from @AFD_France and in collaboration with the @fcghana2020, has trained 73 #Forest Services Division (FSD) District Managers/Assistants to populate and maintain the Social Responsibility Agreement (#SRA) portal.
#FLEGT
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Last month, @ecocareghana and @CivicResponse equipped 300 Community Forest Monitors from 18 forest districts with skills and digital tools to monitor forest activities, report illegallities and promote accountability in forest governance
#AkofenaProject
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Forest communities received only GH¢4.8 million out of GH¢6.8 billion in Social Responsibility Agreement (SRA) payments between 2020 and 2025, with no explanation yet provided for the huge gap recorded on Ghana’s timber tracking portal
#FLEGT #SRA
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As more and more communities call for an increase in the Social Responsibility Agreement (SRA) percentage paid to them;
We ask, is it time to review the SRA percentage?
@fcghana2020 @mlnrgovgh
#SocialResponsibilityAgreement #SRA #Forests
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On this #BiodiversityDay, we celebrate all our community forest monitors who are taking action to protect our forests. And we call on all stakeholders to take action to protect and conserve biodiversity locally for global impact.
#ForNature #SaveourForests #AkofenaProject
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And who facilitates or enables the Chinese or any other foreigners? Let's first deal with issues we Ghanaians 🇬🇭have created...
At a recent meeting held in Accra to validate a CSOs' position paper on mining, Civil Society Organisations admitted that current approaches to end illegal mining have not yielded the desired results. It's time to adopt new approaches in the fight against galamsey
#stopgalameynow
Stakeholders met in Accra recently to validate findings of a report by Taylor Crabbe analysing various sectorial policies and laws in mining, forest, agriculture & climate to identify gaps contributing to deforestation. The study concludes that harmonization of laws is critical
In October 2025, Ghana's first #FLEGT-licenced #timber arrived in the EU ushering in an era of legal, transparent and #sustainable timber powered by Ghana’s traceability system. This is how the traceability system works and why it matters
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