Forest Transition Deficiency Syndrome

The Case of Forest Communities in the High Forest Zone of Ghana
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-658-25038-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

Reihe: Research

While previous studies focus on lack of enforcement of forest laws, poverty, and ecological values of forest dependent people, coherent studies on people’s motivations for forest illegalities and non-compliance behavior remain scanty. Emmanuel Ametepeh argues that the systematic analysis of cause-and-effect patterns related to forest management measures and policies through the lenses of the Forest Transition Theory uncovers severe limitations. The resulting multi-complex stress factors adversely impact and hence manifest in the form of deviant compliance behavior (“syndrome”) in the management endeavor of forest-fringe people. The Author shows that motivations for forest illegalities and associated non-compliance behavior is largely an outcome of adverse experiences forest people have been subjected to as a result of historical and contemporary neglects and marginalization in the management endeavor.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ametepeh, Emmanuel

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Wälder
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Forest Transition Theory and Pathway Policies.- Globalization Pathway Policies and Institutional Framework.- Domestic Pathway Policies and Institutional Framework.- From Deficiencies to Syndrome: A Case Study of Policies in Practice.- Hybrid Pathways for Ghana – Recommendations.

Über Autor(innen)

Emmanuel Ametepeh received his doctoral degree under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Regina Kreide at the Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies at the University of Giessen, Germany.