Enabling Conditions for Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in the Guinean Forests of West Africa
Evidence From Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Guinea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21641612 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Huggins (0000-0002-1318-9194, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, corresponding author), Bishwajit Ghose (0000-0003-4461-3821, University of Ottawa), Ghose Bishwajit (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 707-733 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Environment & Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-4965 • E-ISSN: 1552-5465 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10704965251317450 |
| OpenAlex | W4407023992 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 40 |
This article presents findings of the baseline survey for the project “Nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in the Guinean forests of West Africa” in the context of relevant legal, policy, institutional, and gender equity issues in six biodiverse and climate-change sensitive areas in three countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Guinea. Quantitative and qualitative data suggests that there are differences between the perceptions and/or experiences of male and female actors of many aspects of nature-based climate adaptation, such as perceptions of vulnerability to climate change, levels of participation of women in planning and implementing climate adaptation and reforestation activities, and knowledge of the concept of biodiversity. The data suggests that statutory and customary laws and local norms generally support women’s rights to actively participate in nature-based solutions such as agroforestry, although there are challenges in ensuring that women are fully involved in planning such activities, and benefit fully from them
Agroforestry · Biology · Cote d ivoire · Development economics · Economics · Environmental protection · Geography · Humanities · Socioeconomics · Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Science · Oil Palm Production and Sustainability · Forestry
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
Misreading the African Landscape
Getting the message right on nature‐based solutions to climate change
Tree planting is not a simple solution
Forecasting risk attitudes
Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities
Climate change in rural Ghana
Shady Practices
A–Z of cost-effective adaptation strategies to the impact of climate change among crop farmers in West Africa
Contesting land rights in a post-conflict environment
Writing Political Forests
Climate-smart cocoa governance risks entrenching old hegemonies in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
Struggles over family land? Tree crops, land and labour in Ghana’s Brong-Ahafo region
The Ethnography of Landscape
Saying all the right things? Gendered discourse in climate-smart agriculture
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |