Ghana's high forests: trends, scenarios and pathways for future developments

Oduro, K. A.

2016

English

Tropical deforestation is one of the most serious environmental problems in recent decades and has become a major global concern due to the importance of tropical forests in biodiversity conservation and its critical role in global climate change (Culas 2007, Kanninen et al. 2007, Nabuurs et al. 2007, Payn et al. 2015). Deforestation also affects economic activity and threatens the livelihood and cultural integrity of forest-dependent people at the local level. It reduces the supply of forest products and causes siltation, flooding and soil degradation (Culas 2007). Reducing tropical deforestation is therefore of global importance for the sustainable production of timber and non-timber forest products, the mitigation of climate change, and the conservation of biodiversity (IPCC 2007).

Oduro, K. A.