The CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (CSIR-FORIG) today held a one-day National Stakeholders Workshop focused on Community Forestry Interventions designed to foster job creation, poverty reduction, and livelihood improvement in rural forest-fringe communities.

The event provided an opportunity for the Institute’s scientists to present findings from a scoping study on Ghana’s rural forest landscapes. The study was undertaken by a CSIR-FORIG research team led by Dr. Reginald T. Guuroh Esq. Workshop participants included stakeholders from project communities, the Forestry Commission, non-governmental organizations, and researchers from universities and research institutes.

The project is funded by the Pulte Institute for Global Affairs of the University of Notre Dame, USA. This workshop is one in a planned series aimed at identifying innovative ideas, strategies, and interventions that can significantly reduce poverty in rural forest-dependent areas while strengthening efforts toward forest protection and conservation.

CSIR-FORIG remains committed to research-driven solutions that balance community development with sustainable natural resource management.