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Natural Capital Accounting in Ghana: Informing Policy and Management

Natural capital is Ghana's third largest wealth source, making up 19% of total comprehensive wealth with a depletion rate of 30% of Gross National Savings (World Bank - GPS and Government of Ghana 2023). The Ghana Natural Capital Accounting (G-NCA) Program, funded by the Global Program on Sustainability (GPS), has supported the Government of Ghana in developing accounts for land, ecosystem extent, and ecosystem services. Additionally, Ghana's piloted Wealth and Adjusted Macroeconomic indicators, produced under the G-NCA Program provides a nuanced assessment of economic indicators and their sustainability. As the program ends after 3 years, this seminar will feature presentations from the Government of Ghana on the main outputs of the NCA program and their applications, as well as lessons learned from producing natural capital accounts to support evidence-based natural resource management and development planning in Ghana.

Speakers

• Dr. Bernice S. Ofosu-Baadu, Assistant Chief Statistician, Agriculture and Environment Statistics, Ghana Statistical Service
• Mr. Prince Boama, Resource Management and Support Center, Forestry Commission
• Dr. Elizabeth A. Obeng, Principal Research Scientist, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
• Mrs. Edna Baffoe-Bonnie, Principal Economic Officer, Socio-Economic Policy Research and Dissemination Unit, Ministry of Finance
• Dr. Sandra K-Amankwa, Acting Head of the Plan Coordination Division of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC)