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Indigenous economic institutions and ecological knowledge: A Ghanaian case study

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  • Seth Appiah-Opoku

    (The University of Vermont)

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Increasingly, the urgency of reorienting conventional development paradigms to take into account indigenous institutions and their ecological knowledge base is being recognized in both developed and developing countries. Based on a field research in Ghana, this paper discusses the nature and operation of indigenous economic institutions, their ecological knowledge, norms, beliefs, and practices pertaining to sustainable utilization of natural resources and environmental management. The institutions provide a framework of ideas, guiding principles, and practices that could serve as a foundation for endogenous options and broad-based efforts to solving resource and environmental management problems in the developing world. The paper also discusses limitations of indigenous ecological knowledge and practices.

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  • Seth Appiah-Opoku, 1999. "Indigenous economic institutions and ecological knowledge: A Ghanaian case study," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 217-227, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envsyd:v:19:y:1999:i:3:d:10.1023_a:1026498611175
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1026498611175
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    1. Sanjay Kr. Uniyal & Anjali Awasthi & Gopal S. Rawat, 2003. "Developmental Processes, Changing Lifestyle and Traditional Wisdom: Analyses from Western Himalaya," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 307-312, December.
    2. Nkemnyi, Mbunya Francis & De Herdt, Tom & Chuyong, George B. & Vanwing, Tom, 2016. "Reconstituting the role of indigenous structures in protected forest management in Cameroon," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 45-51.

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