Based on data from 1014 households in Ghana and Burkina Faso, we demonstrate that non-
forest environmental products play a crucial role in rural livelihoods, especially for women …

In this paper, we challenge recent positive assessments made of the European Union Forest
Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreements …

Abstract Forest degradation in West Africa is generally thought to have negative
consequences on rural livelihoods but there is little overview of its effects in the region …

Increasing the slow pace of adoption of environmental taxes across low-income countries
has become a significant priority among international financial institutions, multilateral …

This study approaches the issue of limited certification uptake in the tropics by assessing the
factors affecting decisions on certification uptake among Ghanaian timber firms. Out of a total …

In Ghana, small and medium-scale forest enterprises (SMFEs) provide income and
livelihoods for three million people and supply a growing domestic timber demand …

The study espoused the access analytical framework to investigate how introduction of
Participatory Forest Management (PFM) in Kenya has changed the various actors' ability to …

Highlights•We review the literature on taxation as incentivizing sustainable forest
management with emphasis on humid tropical forests.•We identify two, not mutually …

Compliance is one of the central, but often overlooked challenges that actors face as they
seek to devise and implement environmental policies. Therefore this paper draws upon …

The paper assesses the size of 19 lumber markets in Ghana based on monitoring of
vehicles carrying lumber to the markets. The paper suggests an annual supply of …