Fractured tenure, unaccountable authority, and benefit capture: Constraints to improving community benefits under climate change mitigation schemes in Ghana

Conservation and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-172

  Marfo, Emmanuel ^a   Acheampong, Emmanuel ^b   Opuni Frimpong, Emmanuel ^a  

^a FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

climate change; community benefits; forest governance; Ghana; reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863732824     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.97488     Document Type: Article

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