Politics and Economics of Tropical High Forest Management: Case Study of Ghana

Foreword; F. Helles. Preface. Executive Summary. Exchange Rates Used. Price Indexes Used. Acronyms. 1. Introduction. 2. Brief Introduction to Ghana’s High Forest Zone. 3. General Issues on Trees and Forests in the High Forest Zone. 4. The Timber Resource Base, Early Estimates. 5. National Forest Inventory (1985-89). 6. National Forest Inventory Continued (1989-97). 7. Analysis of the Timber Harvest. 8. Timber Exports and the Wood Industry. 9. Forest Fees and Taxes. 10. The Economics of Timber Exploitation. 11. Instruments to Regulate the Timber Harvest. 12. Rights to Timber and Benefits from Timber Exploitation. 13. Forest and Timber Resources Management in the Future. References. Appendices.