Article 41/New number 3.4: edited by PH, draft of March 9 1 The political economy of timber governance in Ghana JENS FRIIS LUND, KIRSTEN CARLSEN, CHRISTIAN PILEGAARD HANSEN and THORSTEN TREUE Jens Friis Lund, Kirsten Carlsen, Christian Pilegaard Hansen and Thorsten Treue all work for the University of Copenhagen. Pre-proof version of: Lund, J.F., K. Carlsen, C.P. Hansen and T. Treue 2012. Challenges to FLEGT: the political economy of timber governance in Ghana. European Tropical Forest Research Network News 15 (53): 117- 127.