Sustaining protected areas: Identifying and controlling deforestation and forest degradation drivers in the Ankasa Conservation Area, Ghana

Biological Conservation

Volumn 165, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-94

  Damnyag, Lawrence ^a   Saastamoinen, Olli ^a   Blay, Dominic ^b   Dwomoh, Francis K ^b   Anglaaere, Luke C N ^b   Pappinen, Ari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ankasa Conservation Area periphery; Control measures; Deforestation levels; Drivers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INTERNAL MIGRATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; PROTECTED AREA; RANKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ANKASA NATIONAL PARK; GHANA; WESTERN REGION;

EID: 84879510733     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.05.024     Document Type: Article

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