From co-management to landscape governance: Whither Ghana's modified taungya system?

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2996-3021

  Ros Tonen, Mirjam A F ^a   Derkyi, Mercy ^b   Insaidoo, Thomas F G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Ghana)

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

Author keywords

Adaptive co management; Adaptive governance; Bridging organisations; Ghana; Landscape approach; Landscape governance; Modified taungya system; Reforestation; Social capital

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; REFORESTATION; TIMBER;

ADAPTIVE GOVERNANCE; BRIDGING ORGANISATIONS; CO-MANAGEMENT; GHANA; LANDSCAPE APPROACH; LANDSCAPE GOVERNANCE; MODIFIED TAUNGYA SYSTEM; SOCIAL CAPITALS;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; REFORESTATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

BIODIVERSITY; GHANA; LAND USE; REFORESTATION;

GHANA;

EID: 84921518231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5122996     Document Type: Article

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