Local Spatialized Knowledge of Threats to Forest Conservation in Ghana's High Forest Zone.

ABSTRACT: Although deforestation rates are declining, protected forest areas remain under threat. While the importance of spatialized ('mapped') community knowledge for conservation planning is acknowledged in scientific literature, the integration of such knowledge in forest governance and conservation planning remains scarce, particularly in Ghana. This paper aims to make clear how participatory spatial knowledge tools and geographic information systems can be used to assess the threats to forest conservation in Ghana's high forest zone. The results show that holders of spatial community-embedded knowledge not only sketch-mapped the location and spatial distribution of the threats to forest conservation in the forest reserves, but also provided information on the actors they perceived to be causin

SUBMITTER: Somuah DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8560677 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature