عنوان

Climate Change and Indigenous Akan Religio-Cultural Practices

شماره

LA129721

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Climate Change and Indigenous Akan Religio-Cultural Practices

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Most national and international discussions have not seriously recognized the role religio-cultural practices of indigenous Africans can play in mitigating the effects of climate change. This paper, examines the contribution the indigenous people can make towards the mitigation of the effects of climate change, using the Akan of Ghana as a case study. Mostly, indigenous people who are the major stakeholders in land use in Ghana are marginalized when policies aimed at reducing environmental degradation are made. This has resulted in low gains in the fight against environmental degradation despite several interventions in Ghana. A recent report puts Ghana into a net-emitter of GHG bracket. This means the country has to embark on a Low Carbon Development Strategy to address the situation. This paper, therefore argues that unless indigenous people-major stakeholders of land use-are duly involved; it will be difficult to address the effects of climate change in Ghana. Most national and international discussions have not seriously recognized the role religio-cultural practices of indigenous Africans can play in mitigating the effects of climate change. This paper, examines the contribution the indigenous people can make towards the mitigation of the effects of climate change, using the Akan of Ghana as a case study. Mostly, indigenous people who are the major stakeholders in land use in Ghana are marginalized when policies aimed at reducing environmental degradation are made. This has resulted in low gains in the fight against environmental degradation despite several interventions in Ghana. A recent report puts Ghana into a net-emitter of GHG bracket. This means the country has to embark on a Low Carbon Development Strategy to address the situation. This paper, therefore argues that unless indigenous people-major stakeholders of land use-are duly involved; it will be difficult to address the effects of climate change in Ghana.

تاريخ نشر

2019

توصيف ظاهري

59-86

عنوان

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

شماره جلد

23/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5357

اصطلاح موضوعی

Apɛ

اصطلاح موضوعی

climate change

اصطلاح موضوعی

indigenous Akan

اصطلاح موضوعی

policy makers

اصطلاح موضوعی

Proka

اصطلاح موضوعی

religio-cultural

اصطلاح موضوعی

the institution of sacred grove

اصطلاح موضوعی

worldview

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15685357-02301007

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y