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Illegality and inequity in Ghana’s cocoa-forest landscape: How formalization can undermine farmers control and benefits from trees on their farms

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Schemes to promote sustainable forest management have increasingly focused on addressing widespread informalities in timber production, based on the presumed links between formalisation, the maintenance of forest cover and local welfare. This trend is typified by the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) initiative and associated Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) aimed at eradicating the trade of illegal wood between partner countries and the EU. Yet there is concern th...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.014

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Environmental Change Institute
Oxford college:
St Cross College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-5020-7830
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Social Sciences Division
Department:
SOGE; Environmental Change Institute
Role:
Author


Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Land Use Policy More from this journal
Volume:
76
Pages:
405-413
Publication date:
2018-02-28
Acceptance date:
2018-02-09
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EISSN:
1873-5754
ISSN:
0264-8377


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pubs:827198
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uuid:7c4dc232-999e-48fc-91a5-2f610cb35cbf
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pubs:827198
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2018-03-01
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