Ghana:NAT.RES.MANAGEMENT

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The Natural Resource Management Project supports the first phase of Natural Resource Management Program (NRMP I), which seeks to establish an effective national policy and institutional framework for sustainable natural resource management and to develop and test collaborative resource management systems. There are five project components. First, high forest resource management will establish forest resource management policy and legal framework; design and test integrated forest reserve management systems and mechanism to encourage private sector involvement in both on- and off-reserve settings. Second, Savanna resource management will develop new multidisciplinary institutional arrangements for drylands management; and pilot test and implement improved systems for community-based management of savanna woodland and other resources. Third, wildlife resource management will retrain personnel in the Wildlife Department; and prepare and implement park and reserve management plans. Fourth, environmental management coordination will support district level environmental management planning and monitoring capacity; and improve information flow among sectoral agencies. Fifth, biodiversity conservation will develop and implement integrated reserve management plans.