European Union Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement in Ghana: Introducing needed change or reinforcing business as usual?

TY - JOUR

T1 - European Union Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement in Ghana

T2 - Introducing needed change or reinforcing business as usual?

AU - Hansen, Christian Pilegaard

AU - Rutt, Rebecca Leigh

AU - Acheampong, Emmanuel

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - This policy brief takes a closer look at Ghana, considered a VPA frontrunner, to qualify the largely positive depiction painted of VPA processes. Drawing from a recent publication by Hansen, Rutt, and Acheampong (2018) and its review of the rich literature on forest governance as well as 160 semi-structured interviews with relevant actors in the country, the authors pose critical policy recommendations to move beyond business as usual in Ghanaian forest governance (as well as development interventions there), and toward more transformative change.

AB - This policy brief takes a closer look at Ghana, considered a VPA frontrunner, to qualify the largely positive depiction painted of VPA processes. Drawing from a recent publication by Hansen, Rutt, and Acheampong (2018) and its review of the rich literature on forest governance as well as 160 semi-structured interviews with relevant actors in the country, the authors pose critical policy recommendations to move beyond business as usual in Ghanaian forest governance (as well as development interventions there), and toward more transformative change.

M3 - Journal article

SN - 2246-6800

VL - 2018

JO - Policy Briefs (Copenhagen Centre for Development Research)

JF - Policy Briefs (Copenhagen Centre for Development Research)

IS - 03

ER -