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THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL PROTECTION-RELATED LAWS AND POLICIES IN GHANA

Dr. Botchway, Thomas Prehi
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Authors
Botchway, Thomas Prehi
Publication Year
2024
Article Title
THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL PROTECTION-RELATED LAWS AND POLICIES IN GHANA
Journal
UCC Law Journal
Volume
3
Issue Number
2
Page Numbers
190-220
Abstract

This study sets out to examine the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Ghana. A key objective of the study was to understand how the country has attempted to achieve sustainable development while reducing the risk to biodiversity and environmental pollution given its abundant natural resources. In an effort to achieve this and other related objectives of the study, the researcher adopted a qualitative approach to research which enabled him to gather relevant information in non-numerical format. The study consequently finds that though the country has introduced several legislations and policies to ensure ecological protection, several challenges still remain. Indeed, in Ghana today, attempting to ensure the functionality, orderliness and the usefulness of ecological protection policies such as those aimed at the effective implementation of the CBD necessarily requires that such policies have firm legitimacy among the local norms; legality alone is not enough. It is in view of this that the study advocates for a balanced obligation.

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