Forest Transition Deficiency Syndrome: The Case of Forest Communities in the High Forest Zone of Ghana

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While previous studies focus on lack of enforcement of forest laws, poverty, and ecological values of forest dependent people, coherent studies on people’s motivations for forest illegalities and non-compliance behavior remain scanty. Emmanuel Ametepeh argues that the systematic analysis of cause-and-effect patterns related to forest management measures and policies through the lenses of the Forest Transition Theory uncovers severe limitations. The resulting multi-complex stress factors adversely impact and hence manifest in the form of deviant compliance behavior (“syndrome”) in the management endeavor of forest-fringe people. The Author shows that motivations for forest illegalities and associated non-compliance behavior is largely an outcome of adverse experiences forest people have been subjected to as a result of historical and contemporary neglects and marginalization in the management endeavor. Front Matter ....Pages I-XV Introduction (Emmanuel Ametepeh)....Pages 1-18 Forest Transition Theory – Pathways to Forest Sustainability (Emmanuel Ametepeh)....Pages 19-81 Globalization Pathway Policies and Institutional Framework (Emmanuel Ametepeh)....Pages 83-140 Domestic Pathway Policies and Institutional Framework (Emmanuel Ametepeh)....Pages 141-185 From Deficiencies to Syndrome: A Case Study of Policies in Practice (Emmanuel Ametepeh)....Pages 187-293 Hybrid-Pathways for Ghana – Recommendations (Emmanuel Ametepeh)....Pages 295-318 Back Matter ....Pages 319-356