This review is part of the USAID supported Women Shellfishers and Food Security Project goal to demonstrate the biodiversity and socio-economic value of more fully integrated rights-based co-management of linked shellfish - mangrove and proximate landscape food ecosystems in Ghana and The Gambia (CRC, 2022). The project goal is to foster the adoption and scaling-up of an integrated approach to conservation and restoration of mangrove and estuarine ecosystems in West Africa that provides cross-sectoral benefits in terms of gender equality and women’s empowerment, economic development, and household food resiliency (USAID, 2022). ICRAF is contributing to the implementation of this objective through a review of mangrove and forestry co-management policies and plans in Ghana and The Gambia. The aim is to identify the existing co-management systems in Ghana and The Gambia to inform decision-making essential for policy formulation on forest conservation and use. This is intended to help inform mangrove co-management at selected project sites documenting past and current mangrove and forest co-management plans and associated efforts, their status, lessons learned, and recommendations. 

Author(s)

Carsan, S., Obiri, B., Bah, A., Muthee, K., Oduro, K., Asamoah, A., Andoh, J., Guuroh, R.

Publisher / Institution

World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya and Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island. Narragansett, RI, USA.

Date published

May 01, 2024