Climate Change Adaptation: An Ecosystem-Based Approach for Livelihood Improvement of Fringe Communities around Worobong South Forest Reserve in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorAdu-Acheampong, S.
dc.contributor.authorKyei-Mensah, C.
dc.contributor.authorKyerematen, R.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-25T10:00:58Z
dc.date.available2023-01-25T10:00:58Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractAnthropogenic and climate-induced change can potentially impact negatively on direct dependents of forest ecosystem services. To help build resilient societies, we examined the vulnerability of ecosystem-dependent communities in the Worobong South Forest Reserve (WSFR). We also examined climate variability impacts on forests and further suggested ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) strategies for livelihood improvements in the study area. The reserve can be found in the Eastern region of Ghana. We administered 250 questionnaires as well as studied time series data for temperature and rainfall with satellite images using the mixed method approach. The types of questionnaires used were open-ended and closed-ended semi structured questionnaires. The study also involved a focus group discussion and the development of trend analysis of relationships between the two data sets in 2016. Our results show that respondents perceived variation in average annual temperature and rainfall over the past few decades as the main reasons for the decline in the supply of bush meat, freshwater, tree barks, and leaves in the study area. The results of the questionnaire corroborated those of the data for the time series obtained from the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMeT) which is correlated with changes in the structure of (WSFR). To build resilient livelihoods and ecosystems, residents suggested strategies such as intensification of agroforestry systems with gain sharing arrangements, forest regulation enforcement, and bushfire control as ways to sustain the forests in the WSFR. We conclude that any measure to develop any climate change resilient mechanism in the WSFR should include those suggestions from residentsen_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2435419
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/38481
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Forestry Researchen_US
dc.subjectAnthropogenicen_US
dc.subjectClimate Change Adaptationen_US
dc.subjectforest ecosystemen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.titleClimate Change Adaptation: An Ecosystem-Based Approach for Livelihood Improvement of Fringe Communities around Worobong South Forest Reserve in Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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