On this page we try to inform you on VPA and Livelihood related research activities in either Ghana  or Indonesia. The amount of information will differ case by case but for more detail you are invited to contact the person/institute involved.

• Governance for sustainable forest-related livelihoods in Ghana’s High Forest Zone - Exchange programme for MSc and PhD students between the University of Amsterdam/AMIDSt, TBI-Ghana and Kwame Nkruma University of Science and Development (KNUST) aimed at generating insight into and formulating re­commendations on governance arrangements and conflict resolution mechanisms that enhance forest-related livelihoods so that they con­tri­bute to sustainable forest management and poverty alleviation (cf. Millennium Development Goals 1 and 7). For more information: Dr. Mirjam A.F. Ros-Tonen, e-mail m.a.f.ros-tonen@uva.nl .........................More details can be found here.
• Sabaheta Ramcilovic has recently started a PhD on FLEGT-VPA Social Aspects in Ghana, with support of the European Forest Institute (EFI) and the Foundation for European Forest Research (FEFR). For information: sabaheta.ramcilovic@efi.int ..............More details can be found here.
• Research into the impact of Illegal chainsaw lumbering as part of the EU-funded Tropenbos programme: "Developing alternatives for illegal chainsaw lumbering through multi-stakeholder dialogue in Ghana and Guyana" (follow web link below)
• Research cooperation between University of Copenhagen and Tropenbos International on: Governance of timber trees in Ghana with a particular emphasis on the off-reserve situation (for more details see web link below)

	“TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL ASPECTS IN THE EU-FLEGT VOLUNTARY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT: THE CASE OF GHANA” (14.5 KB) PhD topic Sabaheta - EFI
	Governance for sustainable forest-related livelihoods in Ghana’s High Forest Zone (34.0 KB) Overview UvA/TBI research programme in Ghana