Environmental legislation in Ghana: Quantitative comparison between military and civilian regimes

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to identify the extent which environmental issues were considered on the priority agenda of Ghana's Legislative Assembly from 1993 - 98. In doing so, an overview of some statutory environmental laws passed by both the immediate past military regime were undertaken. The civilian constitutional administration of the 1990s has more than its immediate military predecessor of the 1980s, demonstrated that legal conditions that safegaurd investments in conservation, foster improved resource use, and guarantee access to resources area prerequisite for sound, local resource management.