Ankasa conservation area conflict management: voices from collaborative strategies
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2008-08-23
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Traditional conservation strategies which rely on coercive methods have proven to be unsustainable over time. The institutionalization of a protected area brings with the demand of management, strategies that regard not only natural resources but the horizontalitites of the territory in which they are situated. Minimization of conflicts and integrated development of protected areas considers socio economic practices of fringe communities and their spatial implications. Hence, collaborative strategies have been the way forward for the limitations faced by park managers, bringing with it a sense of ownership and responsibility. These strategies are related to the devolution of authority of natural resources management to organized communities, multilateral panels such as multistakeholders advisory boards and sustainable implementation of alternative livelihoods schemes. The CREMA initiative in Ankasa Conservation Area brings the framework of contemporary Ghana's approach towards effective natural resources management. When voices from the various stakeholders are heard the nature of conflicts and best practices to circumvent them can be achieved. It also allows a realistic picture of the programme development to be drawn and the implementation of alternative livelihoods schemes.
The text is divided into four categories of thought and organization, consisted of: Chapter One as an introduction to the research problem and its background as well as definition of research design and procedures; Chapter Two covers the literature and documental review so as to investigate on the research problem; Chapter Three consists of the data analysis and discussion and is divided into two: i.) presentation of the stakeholders, and ii.) presentation of original data in the form of discourses, or voices, according to topic of discussion; and Chapter Four covers the summary.
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A Thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Development Planning and Management, 2008