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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS AND CASE STUDIES: Religious Resources and Environmental Management in Ghana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2016

Victor Selorme Gedzi ,
Yunus Dumbe  and
Gabriel Eshun
Victor Selorme Gedzi*
Affiliation:
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Yunus Dumbe
Affiliation:
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Gabriel Eshun
Affiliation:
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
*
Address correspondence to: Dr. Victor Selorme Gedzi, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; (phone) +233 24297594;1 (e-mail) [email protected].
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Abstract

This article analyzes the environmental crisis in Ghana and what contributions religious resources from the intellectual traditions of African Traditional Religion can make towards addressing it. This study was based on an extensive review and interpretation of existing textual materials on the subject matter, supplemented by general field observations. It identified the following: the environmental problem in Ghana has national and international root causes; the modern environmental management model employed in Ghana lacks resources, in terms of finance, personnel, and other associated logistics, rendering it inefficient. This article warns that the cumulative effect of environmental degradation is a boomerang, and suggests that the modern and traditional methods of environmental conservation be merged to form a more efficient system. This research is important because its findings may contribute to the development of a more efficient model for conserving and protecting Ghana’s environment. It also contributes to local and global cultural theories on the conservation and protection of the environment.

Environmental Practice 18: 137–147 (2016)

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Environmental Practice , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , September 2016 , pp. 137 - 147
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© National Association of Environmental Professionals 2016 

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