Description: 

This is part of a regional forest governance research programme, being implemented by CODESRIA, University of Illinois and IUCN titled 'Responsive Forest Governance Initiative'. in Ghana, the research is broadly investigating issues of democratic representation, citizenship and public domain as elements of democracy focusing on the extent to which collaborative forest management and participatory decision-making approaches produce democracy outcomes among rural communities.

Objective: 

to understand democracy effects of forestry interventions and lessons that can be learned for the design and implementation of REDD

Year: 
2012
Investigators: 

Emmanuel Marfo, PhD Prince Wusu-Adjei, PhD Manali Baruah Frank Agyei

Responsible party: 
CSIR Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
Collaborating Institutions: 
REDD Secretariat, Forestry Commission
Funding bodies: 
Swedish International Development Agency