Forest law compliance and enforcement: The case of on-farm timber extraction in Ghana

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 575-586

  Hansen, Christian P ^a  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Compliance; Forest law enforcement; Ghana; Political economy; Timber

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXTRACTION; FARMS; LAW ENFORCEMENT;

CHAINSAWS; COMPLIANCE; CROP DAMAGES; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT; GHANA; NON-COMPLIANCE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TIMBER EXTRACTION; UNDERLYING CAUSE;

TIMBER;

COMPLIANCE; CROP DAMAGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TIMBER HARVESTING;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; FORESTRY; GHANA; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT;

GHANA;

EID: 78650523610     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.09.021     Document Type: Article

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