Measuring progress towards sustainable forest management and policy implications [Elektronische Ressource] : a case study of the High Forest Zone in Ghana / by Edward Kweku Nunoo

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• Publié par: brandenburgische_technische_universitat_cottbus
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 34
• Langue: English
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Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Process
Engineering. International Study Course:

Environmental & Resource Management

DOCTORAL THESIS


MEASURING PROGRESS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FOREST
MANAGEMENT AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
A CASE STUDY OF THE HIGH FOREST ZONE IN GHANA


A thesis approved by the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Process Engineering,
Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU), Cottbus-Germany in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the award of the degree Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in
Environmental Sciences
by

Edward Kweku Nunoo
M.Sc, BA(Hons), DipEd

(Born in Winneba, in the Central Region of the Republic of Ghana)







Supervisors:                                                                                         
Prof. Dr.Dr. hc Michael Schmidt                                                                                                                                                                   
Prof. Dr. Daniel Baier                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Date of Defense: 
30.06.2010  
DECLARATION



I hereby declare that this PhD thesis is the result of research work carried out by myself at the
Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU)-Cottbus, within the confines of the International
Doctorate Programme, ´Environmental and Resource Management` at the Department of
Environmental Planning under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c Michael Schmidt and Prof. Dr.
Daniel Baier, at the Chair of Marketing and Innovations Management. Except for references cited,
which serve as sources of secondary information (for which I have duly acknowledged), it is not a
reproduction in part, or in whole of any work ever presented for the award of a degree. I am
therefore solely responsible for any omissions, errors of reasoning and presentation of facts.




















Edward Kweku Nunoo



……………………………..........

BTU, Cottbus (Germany)

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DEDICATION



To God be the Glory!




This thesis is dedicated to my brother, the late Francis Kobina Nunoo, whose financial support saw
me through up to this level. May his soul rest in perfect peace.





































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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT



My sincerest appreciation, with a joyful heart, goes to all and sundry who contributed to making
this PhD research a reality.
Special thanks go to my family (Hagar and Michael), Isaac, John, Grace and Joe, who supported me
whole heartily towards the realization of this academic goal. It was a difficult decision to make.
Nevertheless, having braved all odds, another hurdle has been bridged. May God richly bless you. I
should also put on record the immense help I received from the universities in both countries,
Ghana (University of Cape Coast, Legon and KNUST) and Germany (BTU-Cottbus, Freiburg, and
Stuttgart) who furnished me with some valuable information needed for this study. The list is
endless. To the Ghana Government Ministries of Environment, Science and Technology, Lands and
Forestry, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Resource Management Support Centre of the
Forestry Commission, the Forestry Commission secretariat in Accra, and the Ministry of Tourism, I
say kudos.
I am also grateful to my indefatigable lecturers and the supervisory team, Professor Dr. Dr. h.c
Michael Schmidt and Professor Dr. Daniel Baier, at the Chair of Marketing and Innovations
Management, who patiently and meticulously, supervised this work and without whose suggestions
and guidance this study would not have been possible.

However, I must emphasis that any short comings, marginal or substantial, which may be found in
the text to this work are solely mine.





Edward Kweku Nunoo

........................................
BTU, Cottbus
Germany

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Measuring Progress towards SFM and Policy Implications: A Case Study of Ghana’s High Forest Zone 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................. 1 
LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... 8 
ABSTRACT................................................................................................................................... 9 
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG ............................................................................................................ 10 
LIST OF ABBREVIATION....................................................................................................... 11 
1.0 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................. 12 
1.1 AN OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................... 12 
1.2 CRITERIA AND INDICATORS FOR SFM AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS ................... 13 
1.3 PROBLEM FORMULATION AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS......................................... 14 
1.4 BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ................................................................................................ 15 
1.5 JUSTIFICATION OF STUDY............................................................................................... 17 
1.6 RESEARCH GOAL AND OBJECTIVES ............................................................................. 18 
1.7 RESEARCH DESIGN AND STRATEGY ............................................................................ 18 
1.7.1: Data Base Sources........................................................................................................................................19 
1.7.2: Methodology..................19 
1.7.3: Instruments....................20 
1.8 DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS ............................................................................................ 23 
1.9 STRUCTURE OF THESIS .......................................