Superstition and attitudes towards restoration of a mining-degraded forest reserve: Evidence from Ghana

IF 4 2区 农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Lilian Arthur , Godwin Kofi Vondolia , Isaac Dasmani
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Abstract

Forest restoration has become a worldwide phenomenon to minimise the effects of climate change and global warming. However, in most cases, especially in Africa, communities around forests usually have a cultural attachment to these forests. Consequently, the preferences of fringing communities are important to ensure sustainable forest management. However, there seems to be a lack of understanding about how superstition may affect the attitudes of local communities towards forest restoration. This study aimed to examine the effect of superstition on household attitudes and preferences for restoring the Bonsa River Forest Reserve. Primary data was collected from 611 respondents in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality in the Western Region of Ghana and were analysed using mixed logit (ML) and generalized multinomial logit (G-MNL) models. The findings revealed that very superstitious respondents preferred the tree species attributes but did not prefer the soil amendment, backfilling of mined-out areas and biodiversity attributes. These results indicate that local community superstitions should be incorporated into the planning and decision-making process regarding forest restoration management.

迷信与对恢复采矿退化森林保护区的态度:来自加纳的证据
为尽量减少气候变化和全球变暖的影响,恢复森林已成为一种世界性现象。然而,在大多数情况下,尤其是在非洲,森林周围的社区通常对这些森林有着文化上的依恋。因此,周边社区的偏好对于确保可持续森林管理非常重要。然而,人们似乎对迷信如何影响当地社区对森林恢复的态度缺乏了解。本研究旨在探讨迷信对恢复邦萨河森林保护区的家庭态度和偏好的影响。研究收集了加纳西部地区普雷斯塔-胡尼山谷市 611 名受访者的原始数据,并使用混合对数(ML)和广义多项式对数(G-MNL)模型进行了分析。研究结果表明,非常迷信的受访者偏好树种属性,但不偏好土壤改良、回填雷区和生物多样性属性。这些结果表明,在有关森林恢复管理的规划和决策过程中应纳入当地社区的迷信思想。
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Forest Policy and Economics
Forest Policy and Economics 农林科学-林学
CiteScore
9.00
自引率
7.50%
发文量
148
审稿时长
21.9 weeks
期刊介绍: Forest Policy and Economics is a leading scientific journal that publishes peer-reviewed policy and economics research relating to forests, forested landscapes, forest-related industries, and other forest-relevant land uses. It also welcomes contributions from other social sciences and humanities perspectives that make clear theoretical, conceptual and methodological contributions to the existing state-of-the-art literature on forests and related land use systems. These disciplines include, but are not limited to, sociology, anthropology, human geography, history, jurisprudence, planning, development studies, and psychology research on forests. Forest Policy and Economics is global in scope and publishes multiple article types of high scientific standard. Acceptance for publication is subject to a double-blind peer-review process.
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