This study evaluated the impacts of government interventions aimed at broadening forest species utilization and exports in Ghana. The interventions included setting up the Woodworking Sector Development Program (WSDP), raw material regulation and the introduction of a levy on exporting major species as air-dried lumber. After the government interventions were implemented, there was increased use and export of lesser-used species (LUS). However, only the air-dry levy showed a significant correlation with an increase in percent of LUS exported in the post-intervention time period.
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