Traceable green bags needed to achieve sustainable charcoal production A Rocha Ghana [Video]

A Rocha Ghana is proposing the use of a traceable green bags in the charcoal production chain to “facilitate the control of the activity and allow traceability of the product.”

This forms part of its four green charcoal approach which suggests a “robust regulation, restorative capacity and function, revenue oriented and resilience for charcoal producing hotspots”.

Presenting on the ‘Recommendations of Charcoal Assurance System’ at an IUCN’s policy dialogue on ‘Forest landscape restoration and sustainable wood energy value chain in Ghana’, A Rocha Ghana’s Deputy National Director, Daryl Bosu says that “only a person with a granted permit will be granted a green bag which will have a tag number that represents the ID that identified the producers with their community and district information”.

He explained that the initiative “will control the revenue generated by charcoal activity at the district level and will allocate a percentage to a restoration fund.”

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