FORIG releases 2,500 seeds to support Green Ghana project

The Forestry Institute of Ghana of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (FORIG-CSIR) has released over 2,500 seedlings to support the Green Ghana initiative rolled out by the government. The institute has also joined in planting trees in some schools to create climate change awareness.

FORIG releases 2,500 seeds to support Green Ghana project

The Forestry Institute of Ghana of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (FORIG-CSIR) has released over 2,500 seedlings to support the Green Ghana initiative rolled out by the government. The institute has also joined in planting trees in some schools to create climate change awareness.

FORIG releases 2,500 seeds to support Green Ghana project

The Forestry Institute of Ghana of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (FORIG-CSIR) has released over 2,500 seedlings to support the Green Ghana initiative rolled out by the government. The institute has also joined in planting trees in some schools to create climate change awareness.

POST-GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP – 2021

The Call

The Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) in collaboration with the Forestry Research Institute of Ghanaof the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-FORIG), through the Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) project, is offering PhD scholarship and Master’s internship toqualified Ghanaians to carry out research in the area of Forest Carbon Dynamics.

POST-GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP – 2021

The Call

The Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) in collaboration with the Forestry Research Institute of Ghanaof the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-FORIG), through the Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) project, is offering PhD scholarship and Master’s internship toqualified Ghanaians to carry out research in the area of Forest Carbon Dynamics.

Who We Are

Forestry Research Institute of Ghana is one of the 13 institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). It is located at Fumesua near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It started as a research unit within the Forestry Department in 1962. It was fully established as a research institute and named FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (FPRI) under the then Ghana Academy of Sciences in 1964 and in 1968 placed under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

Contact Us

The Director
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, P. O. Box UP 63 KNUST
Kumasi, Ghana

Tel :+233-(0)3220-60123/60373
Fax :+233-(0)3220-60121
Email : director@csir-forig.org.gh