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Natural resources in Ghana : management, policy, and economics /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
[2010]
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| Colección: | Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- NATURAL RESOURCES IN GHANA: MANAGEMENT, POLICY AND ECONOMICS; NATURAL RESOURCES IN GHANA: MANAGEMENT, POLICY AND ECONOMICS; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; BOOK SUMMARY ; PART I. FOREST RESOURCES ; TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN GHANA ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. OVERVIEW OF GHANA'S FORESTRY SECTOR ; 2.1. Vegetation, Ecology and Forest Stock; 2.2. Policy and Regulatory Changes ; 3. SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT ; 3.1. What Is Sustainable Forest Management? ; 3.2. Criteria and Indicators of SFM ; 4. A RESULTS-BASED FRAMEWORK APPROACH TO SFM ; 5. STRATEGIC OUTCOMES AND ACTIVITIES.
- 5.1. Measures to Reduce Deforestation 5.1.1. Political Will to Combat Deforestation; 5.1.2. Sustainable Energy Policy ; 5.1.3. Sustainable Agricultural Policies; 5.1.4. Curb Illegal Logging ; 5.1.5. Take advantage of International Climate Change Frameworks ; 5.1.6. Ban Surface Mining within all Forests ; 5.1.7. Promote Community Participation ; 5.1.8. Enforce Existing Forestry Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks; 5.1.9. Eradicate Corruption in the Forestry Sector ; 5.2. Initiatives to Promote Forest Plantation Development ; 5.3. Remove Barriers to Plantation Development.
- 5.4. Develop and Implement a National Strategy for SFM 5.4.1. Rational and Integrated Policy Planning and Focus ; 5.4.2. Develop and Implement C&I ; 5.4.3. Enforce Sustainable Harvesting Standards ; 5.4.4. Pursue Independent Forest Certification; 5.4.5. Implement Natural Resource and Environmental Accounting ; 5.5. Implementing the Strategic Outcome Plans ; 6. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES ; THREATS TO PROTECTED FOREST AREAS: A CASE STUDY OF ILLEGAL FARMING IN SOUTH-WESTERN GHANA ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. BACKGROUND ; 2.1. Site Selection ; 2.2. Location and Physiography ; 2.3. Climate.
- 2.4. History, Land Use System and Management of TEFR2.5. Human Population and Infrastructure ; 2.6. Classes of Farmers and Land-holding Patterns; 3. CAUSES OF ILLEGAL FARMING ; 4. ATTEMPTS TO PROTECT FOREST RESERVES FROM ENCROACHMENT; 4.1. Nature of Conflict between the Task Force and Farmers ; 5. EVALUATION OF GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-FOREST ENCROACHMENT PROGRAMME; 6. CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF PLANTATION DEVELOPMENT ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. NUTRIENT LOADING: APPLICATION, BENEFITS AND LOADING PERSISTENCE ; 3. WORKING MODELS.
- 3.1. Does Growth (Sink Demand) Control Photosynthesis? 3.2. Is Root Growth Dependent on Current Photosynthate?; 4. MODEL OF N TRANSFER WITHIN PLANT TISSUES ; 4.1. Quantitative Models ; 4.1.1. Field Study ; 4.1.2. Greenhouse Study ; 5. CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT OF TEAK (TECTONA GRANDIS LINN F.) PLANTATIONS IN GHANA ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE CRITICAL SILVICS OF TEAK ; 2.1. General Description and Natural Distribution of Teak ; 2.2. Site and Soil Requirement ; 2.3. Establishment and Early Growth; 2.4. The Growth and Yield of Teak.