TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors associated with community awareness of forest reserve regulations in the Tano-Offin forest reserve in Ghana
AU - Oduro Appiah, Joseph
AU - Agyemang-Duah, Williams
AU - Adei, Dina
AU - Kweku Sobeng, Augustus
AU - Adomako, Janet Afua Abrafi
AU - Peprah, Prince
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The African Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.
PY - 2021/8/30
Y1 - 2021/8/30
N2 - Using questionnaire surveys and drawing on the co-cultural theory, this study examines the spatial, demographic, and socioeconomic factors influencing the awareness of land use and forest reserve regulations among forest fringe communities in the Tano-Offin forest reserve in Ghana. The study finds that high-income community members are significantly more likely to be aware of the regulations. Additionally, women and migrants are significantly less likely to be aware of the regulations. These results suggest that there is a need to rethink awareness creation strategies and make relentless efforts to involve the excluded and the marginalized, especially women, in the information-sharing streams.
AB - Using questionnaire surveys and drawing on the co-cultural theory, this study examines the spatial, demographic, and socioeconomic factors influencing the awareness of land use and forest reserve regulations among forest fringe communities in the Tano-Offin forest reserve in Ghana. The study finds that high-income community members are significantly more likely to be aware of the regulations. Additionally, women and migrants are significantly less likely to be aware of the regulations. These results suggest that there is a need to rethink awareness creation strategies and make relentless efforts to involve the excluded and the marginalized, especially women, in the information-sharing streams.
KW - forest fringe communities
KW - Forest reserve regulations
KW - land use regulations
KW - rural land uses
KW - Tano-Offin forest reserve
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85113894359&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19376812.2021.1961089
DO - 10.1080/19376812.2021.1961089
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85113894359
SN - 1937-6812
VL - 41
SP - 498
EP - 515
JO - African Geographical Review
JF - African Geographical Review
IS - 4
ER -