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The role of translocal practices in a natural climate solution in Ghana

  • People-centred reforestation is one of the ways to achieve natural climate solutions. Ghana has established a people-centred reforestation programme known as the Modified Taunya System (MTS) where local people are assigned degraded forest reserves to practice agroforestry. Given that the MTS is a people-centred initiative, socioeconomic factors are likely to have impact on the reforestation drive. This study aims to understand the role of translocal practices of remittances and visits by migrants on the MTS. Using multi-sited, sequential explanatory mixed methods and the lens of socioecological systems, the study shows that social capital and socioeconomic obligations of cash remittances from, as well as visits by migrants to their communities of origin play positive roles on reforestation under the MTS. Specifically, translocal households have access to, and use remittances to engage relatively better in the MTS than households that do not receive remittances. This shows that translocal practices can have a positive impact on thePeople-centred reforestation is one of the ways to achieve natural climate solutions. Ghana has established a people-centred reforestation programme known as the Modified Taunya System (MTS) where local people are assigned degraded forest reserves to practice agroforestry. Given that the MTS is a people-centred initiative, socioeconomic factors are likely to have impact on the reforestation drive. This study aims to understand the role of translocal practices of remittances and visits by migrants on the MTS. Using multi-sited, sequential explanatory mixed methods and the lens of socioecological systems, the study shows that social capital and socioeconomic obligations of cash remittances from, as well as visits by migrants to their communities of origin play positive roles on reforestation under the MTS. Specifically, translocal households have access to, and use remittances to engage relatively better in the MTS than households that do not receive remittances. This shows that translocal practices can have a positive impact on the environment at the area of origin of migrants where there are people-centred environmental policies in place.show moreshow less

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Author:John NarhORCiD, Stefanie Wehner, Christian UngruheORCiD, Andreas Eberth
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-14138
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11110216
Parent Title (English):Climate
Publisher:MDPI
Place of publication:Basel
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of first Publication:2023/10/30
Publishing Institution:Universität Passau
Release Date:2024/04/17
Tag:agroforestry; multi-sited research; reforestation; remittances; sequential explanatory mixed methods; socioecological systems
Volume:2023
Issue:11
Article Number:216
Page Number:16 Seiten
Institutes:Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 30 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie / 300 Sozialwissenschaften
open_access (DINI-Set):open_access
Funding Acknowledgement:Gefördert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Universitätsbibliothek Passau.
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International