PROFILE: Indigenous Institutions and Environmental Assessment: The Case of Ghana |
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Authors: | SETH APPIAH-OPOKU GEORGE MULAMOOTTIL |
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Institution: | (1) School of Urban and Regional Planning University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada , CA |
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Abstract: | / The search for sustainable development provides the impetus forexamining the role of indigenous institutions and their ecological knowledgein environmental assessment and local sustainability. This paper attempts totrace the evolution of environmental assessment in Ghana. Focusing on theAshanti Region, the paper further discusses the nature and operations ofindigenous institutions, their ecological knowledge, beliefs, practices, andsocial norms that are relevant to environmental assessment process in thecountry. Some of the challenges that emerge from the discussions arehighlighted. There is a need to establish environmental assessment andcooperative management boards that would include representatives ofindigenous institutions. In addition, the introduction of technicaldictionaries and training manuals based on indigenous ecological knowledgeand their humane environmental practices will further improve theenvironmental assessment process in Ghana.KEY WORDS: Environmental assessment; Indigenous institutions; Indigenousecological knowledge; Sustainable development; Environmental assessmentboards |
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Keywords: | : Environmental assessment Indigenous institutions Indigenous ecological knowledge Sustainable development Environmental assessment boards |
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