Promoting Cultural Traditions, Social Inclusion and Local Community Participation in Environmental Development Schemes

Dickson AdomDickson Adom
Dickson AdomDickson Adom * § Ph.D. African Art and Culture M.A. African Art and Culture B.A. Integrated Rural Arts and Industry Diploma in Computer Studies Post Diploma in Education
§ Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

The protection of the environment has been at the heart of local communities. The old sages, in most communities creatively fashioned cultural traditions with the goal of conserving the environment while judiciously using its precious resources. It is regrettable that local people and their time-tested cultural practices are neglected in environmental schemes, especially at the consultation and implementation stages. The thrust of the research was to highlight the benefits of incorporating local communities and their cultural traditions in all activities related to the environment using the classic example of the people of Anyinam in Ghana. Focus group discussions and direct observations were the main instrumentations used for soliciting data from the phenomenological study in a qualitative research approach. The study concludes that developmental planners and policy makers must promote the full participation of local communities in environmental schemes to aid in better infrastructure development schemes for the environment.

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Dickson AdomDickson Adom. 2017. "Promoting Cultural Traditions, Social Inclusion and Local Community Participation in Environmental Development Schemes". Global Journal of Science Frontier Research - H: Environment & Environmental geology GJSFR-H Volume 17 (GJSFR Volume 17 Issue H2).

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