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Natural resources in Ghana :management, policy and economics. / editors, David M. Nanang, Thompson K. Nunifu. - Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2010. - xvii, 354 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Towards sustainable forest management in Ghana -- Threats to protected forest areas: a case study of illegal farming in South- Western Ghana -- A Conceptual framework of plantation development -- Growth and management of teak -- Bush meat crisis and wildlife conservation -- Hunting and trading bush meat in Northern Ghana -- Wildlife conservation and sustainable development in rural communities in Ghana: the case of giant African snails in the Bia Biosphere Reserve -- Community- based water resources management: a case study of Rural fisheries in Ghana -- Community involvement in wildlife conservation in northern Ghana -- Community- based conservation in Ghana --Economics of national resource management -- Natural resource valuation and analysis -- Estimating the economic value of recreation -- Analyses of the causes of deforestation in Ghana: An Econometric approach -- Meeting socioeconomic objectives in Ghana's Sardinella fishery -- Ghana's trade in forest products: Analyses of export demand and its policy implications.

ISBN: 9781616680206 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2010001172

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Natural resources--Management.--Ghana

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Ghana--Economic policy.

LC Class. No.: HC1060.Z65 / N38

Dewey Class. No.: 333.709667