Title: Institutional issues on the environment and resource management with reference to Ghana.

POPLINE Document Number: 128805

Author(s):

Benneh G

Source citation:

In: Sustaining the future: economic, social, and environmental change in sub-Saharan Africa, edited by George Benneh, William B. Morgan, and Juha I. Uitto. Tokyo, Japan, United Nations University Press, 1996. :331-41.

Abstract:

There is no common institutional framework for managing environmental resources in African countries because situations differ. Furthermore, the institutional framework for addressing environmental concerns in a particular country may also change with time, depending upon the government's perception of the scope and seriousness of the concerns. Ghana's current institutional arrangements for managing resources and the environment emphasize participatory planning involving local communities and institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and decentralized sectoral organizations. Technical departments will undertake technical implementation, while the Environmental Protection Agency provides coordinating and monitoring functions. Early concerns in Ghana about the land and environmental degradation, the 1972 UN Conference on the Environment in Stockholm, the Environmental Action Plan (EAP), institutional problems and issues, and implementation of the EAP are discussed.

Keywords:

Ghana
Natural Resources
Environmental Protection
Developing Countries
Africa, Western
Africa, Sub Saharan
Africa
Environment