International Conference on Production of Mahogany Species in Tropical Africa

International Conference

Towards Sustainable Production of Mahogany Species in Plantations in Tropical Africa and Training Workshop on Timber Verification Project

2-6 March 2015

CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Fumesua

 

Objective of the Conference

To share findings from research aimed at improving the sustainability of indigenous mahogany in Ghana’s forest estate in collaboration with industrial and community tree farmers

Organizers
  1. CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
  2. International Tropical Timber Organization
  3. Thünen-Institute of Forest Genetics, Germany
Contact:

Dr. Emmanuel Opuni-Frimpong
CSIR-FORIG, Fumesua
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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