Forest tenure systems and sustainable forest management: the case of Ghana

Owubah, Charles Ebow; Master, Dennis C. Le; Bowker, J.M.; Lee, John G.

doi:10.1016/s0378-1127(00)00557-0

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“…Level of literacy was positively and significantly (p<0.01) correlated with variable of level of forest dwellers' participation in reforestation and development of forest areas. This result is accordant to the results of some studies [20,16,24,9] . There is positive and significant correlation (p<0.05), between household size and level of forest dwellers' participation in reforestation and development of forest areas that varamini [32] and Dolisca et al [13] have confirmed this correlation.…”

Section: Level Of Forest Dwellers' Participation In Reforestation Andsupporting

confidence: 93%

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Analysis of Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Forest Dwellers' Participation in Reforestation and Development of Forest Areas (The Case Study of West Mazandaran, Iran)

Faham¹,

Rezvanfar²,

Shamekhi³

2008

American J. of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Abstract:The main purpose of this study was to investigate the links between forest dwellers' participation in reforestation and development of forest areas in west Mazandaran of Iran and a set of socio-economic variables. The statistical population includes all forest dwellers living in villages, which locate in the west Mazandaran in Iran and had been covered by local forestry cooperative. A sample of 110 forest dwellers were selected by the use of proportional random sampling method. A questionnaire was used to collect data. For determining the validity of questionnaire, the content validity was used. Cronbach's alpha was used to measure reliability of the index measuring level of participation in reforestation and development of forest areas that its extent was 0.86 and showed that mentioned variable had high reliability. The data were analyzed by the use of descriptive and inferential statistics such as extent of mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, correlation analysis and regression analysis. The findings revealed that age, level of literacy, level of participation in extension-education courses, using level of communication channels and information resources, level of forest dependency, social participation, social solidarity, economic and social motivations are positively and significantly (p<0.01) correlated with level of forest dwellers' participation in reforestation and development of forest areas. Household size is positively and significantly (p<0.05) correlated with level of forest dwellers' participation in reforestation and development of forest areas. The result of multiple regression showed that variables of level of participation in extension-education courses, age, household size, level of economic motivation, social solidarity and level of literacy could explain 51.4% of the variation in the level of forest dwellers' participation in reforestation and development of forest areas.

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Section: Level Of Forest Dwellers' Participation In Reforestation Andsupporting

confidence: 93%

“…Participation of farmers may differ among farmers according to their socioeconomic backgrounds [26] . Education has been reported to influence farmers' participation in forest management [20,16,24,9] . The influence of age on participation in forestry activities is not clear.…”

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Analysis of Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Forest Dwellers' Participation in Reforestation and Development of Forest Areas (The Case Study of West Mazandaran, Iran)

Faham¹,

Rezvanfar²,

Shamekhi³

2008

American J. of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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“…Hence, cocoa farms with naturally regenerated timber trees can be given in concession to timber companies for extraction. This puts pressure on cocoa farms (Hansen and Treue 2008) to supply valuable timber to the wood processing sector (Owubah et al 2001). In spite of the fact that forestry policies require cocoa farmers to be compensated for damage incurred from harvesting of timber by logging companies, there is no official mechanism for determining compensation (Asare 2006b).…”

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Tree diversity and canopy cover in cocoa systems in Ghana

Asare

Ræbild

2015

New Forests

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Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) growing systems in Ghana and West Africa consist of diverse tree species and densities. This study was conducted to determine factors that influence tree species configurations and how tree characteristics affect canopy cover in cocoa farms. Eighty-six farmers and corresponding farms were selected in a systematic approach in four districts across two agro-ecological zones in Ghana. Results show that men tend to have larger farm sizes, higher tree density and diversity than women. Tree density and canopy cover of shade trees were low on large farms, but diversity increased with increasing farm sizes. Even though there was a significant correlation between diameter at breast height and crown area for all species investigated, tree species differed considerably in their crown area and thus the amount of ground cover provided. Current recommendations for shade are usually expressed in number of trees per ha, and our results suggest that these should be refined to reflect the effects of species, the size of their diameter at breast height and the crown area.

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“…Illegal harvesting of timber and bamboo, and opening up of large areas for farming and settlement were increasing resulting in degradation of the forest. This finding is supported by Girma (2005), Kigenyi (undated) and Owubah et al (2001), who indicated that lack of capacity to control illegal activities, inadequate human capacity and inadequate supervision lead to decline in forest condition.…”

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Potential of institutional arrangements for sustainable management of forests under co-management with local forest organisations in Mua-Livulezi Forest Reserve, Mtakataka, Malawi

2015

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Adoption of participatory forest management has initiated the trend of transfer of access, management and control of forest resources from government to committee based institutions. Hence, understanding the institutional arrangements that support implementation of comanagement with Local Forest Organisations is crucial for sustainable forest management. This study therefore examined the potential and contribution of institutional arrangements to sustainable forest management under co-management arrangement in Mtakataka, Malawi. Our results show that while co-management has created new multi-level local forest organizations in the communities, the potential of the organizations to contribute to sustainable forest management has been negatively affected by lack of appropriate power and legitimacy. There are clear and well defined boundaries for the forest resources and communities involved in comanagement of the forest reserve. However, co-management is faced with issues such as low participation of community members, ineffective rule enforcement, inadequate human and financial resources, and conflict of forest use. Despite these issues, it is concluded that with improvement in the co-management program, the local forest organisations have potential to achieve sustainable management of forest resources. It is thus recommended that the LFOs should be encouraged to follow what was jointly agreed upon and documented in the management plans. The management plans should also be regularly evaluated and effectively monitored for sustainable management and use of the forest products.

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Forest tenure systems and sustainable forest management: the case of Ghana

Cited by 91 publications

References 15 publications

Analysis of Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Forest Dwellers' Participation in Reforestation and Development of Forest Areas (The Case Study of West Mazandaran, Iran)

Analysis of Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Forest Dwellers' Participation in Reforestation and Development of Forest Areas (The Case Study of West Mazandaran, Iran)

Tree diversity and canopy cover in cocoa systems in Ghana

Potential of institutional arrangements for sustainable management of forests under co-management with local forest organisations in Mua-Livulezi Forest Reserve, Mtakataka, Malawi

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