dedup_wf_001--2a7e0930f12e077c45875ab63514d024

The aim of the European Union Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade Action Plan and its Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) is to tackle illegal logging and trade in illegal timber, improve forest governance, and foster economic growth in the forest sector. This study employs a Q methodology to assess areas of consensus and disagreement among forest sector stakeholders in Ghana on good forest governance practices as applied to the VPA process. The consensus among these stakeholders is that the VPA process has improved the participation of civil society in decision making and the establishment of a robust verification system to promote transparency and accountability, which are critical for sustainable forest management. However, while the shared perspectives among stakeholders highlight the crucial role of the VPAs in promoting improved forest governance in Ghana, there are still areas of disagreement or tension regarding the issue of accountability, tree tenure rights, and the participation of local communities in the VPA process. The paper concludes by considering the practical implications of the findings for effective forest governance practices in developing countries.

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PID https://www.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12848318.v1
PID https://www.doi.org/10.1080/1523908x.2020.1784116
PID https://www.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12848318
URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1523908x.2020.1784116
URL https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/3039330063
URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1523908X.2020.1784116
URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1523908X.2020.1784116
URL http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12848318
URL http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12848318.v1
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Author Marshall Alhassan Adams, 0000-0003-3469-1316
Author Jean Kayira
Author James S. Gruber
Author Uwafiokun Idemudia
Author Yitagesu Tekle Tegegne
Author Alhassan Nantogmah Attah
Author Francis Xavier Dery Tuokuu
Author Micheal Ansong
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Collected From figshare; Datacite; Crossref; Microsoft Academic Graph
Hosted By figshare; Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning
Publication Date 2020-01-01
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Resource Type Other literature type; Article
keyword FOS: Biological sciences
keyword keywords.Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
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Source https://science-innovation-policy.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=dedup_wf_001::2a7e0930f12e077c45875ab63514d024
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Last Updated 27 December 2020, 02:38 (CET)
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