Assessing Legal Frameworks and Stakeholder Perspectives on Integrating the Rights of Nature into Ghana’s Environmental Governance
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- doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9528146/v1
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- Dickson Adom · Kwame Adjei Omanhene Boateng · Bright Baidoo · Prince Anane Agyei · Harrison Kwabena Owusu · Margaret Adu Debrah Sarpong · David Azanu · Benjamin Ossom · Lydia Akosua Kwabia · Michael Ato Essuman · Stella Afi Makafui Yegblemenawo · Ampofo Twene
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- 2026
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- en
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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
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Documentary abstract — original language
Abstract The study aimed to promote the Earth and its ecosystems as living organisms with existential rights. Ghana’s environmental laws were analysed in light of the Rights of Nature (RoN). The study reviewed global RoN initiatives, assessed stakeholders' familiarity with them, identified opportunities and challenges for their integration, and proposed legal and policy measures to integrate nature's rights into Ghana's environmental governance. The study used a convergent parallel mixed-methods design. The quantitative survey established the statistical landscape of awareness, attitudes, and preferences among a broader stakeholder population. At the same time, the qualitative field research provided the contextual depth, lived experience, legislative specificity, and governance nuance that survey data alone cannot capture. The two strands were subsequently integrated in a merged analysis and interpretation, allowing quantitative distributions to be explained and qualified by qualitative evidence, and qualitative observations to be confirmed or contextualised by statistical patterns. The findings show that Ghana's environmental laws are anthropocentric, viewing nature as a resource rather than as living entities with inherent rights. Stakeholders across sectors massively support RoN reform (90.5% survey endorsement). Ghanaian traditional norms and rules already reflect RoN principles through practices such as fishing taboos and sacred groves, indicating strong local alignment with rights-of-nature concepts. Enforcement failure is cited as the dominant governance problem. The analysis reveals that, when the political-economic barriers are removed, Ghana will be ready for RoN reform. It is recommended that enshrining nature's rights in law, repealing conflicting regulations (e.g., L.I. 246), and strengthening environmental justice through education, litigation, and community engagement will smooth RoN integration and uphold environmental integrity.
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Dickson Adom; Kwame Adjei Omanhene Boateng; Bright Baidoo; Prince Anane Agyei; Harrison Kwabena Owusu; Margaret Adu Debrah Sarpong; David Azanu; Benjamin Ossom; Lydia Akosua Kwabia; Michael Ato Essuman; Stella Afi Makafui Yegblemenawo; Ampofo Twene. Assessing Legal Frameworks and Stakeholder Perspectives on Integrating the Rights of Nature into Ghana’s Environmental Governance. 2026. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9528146/v1
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- Dickson Adom; Kwame Adjei Omanhene Boateng; Bright Baidoo; Prince Anane Agyei; Harrison Kwabena Owusu; Margaret Adu Debrah Sarpong; David Azanu; Benjamin Ossom; Lydia Akosua Kwabia; Michael Ato Essuman; Stella Afi Makafui Yegblemenawo; Ampofo Twene. (2026). Assessing Legal Frameworks and Stakeholder Perspectives on Integrating the Rights of Nature into Ghana’s Environmental Governance. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9528146/v1
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- Dickson Adom; Kwame Adjei Omanhene Boateng; Bright Baidoo; Prince Anane Agyei; Harrison Kwabena Owusu; Margaret Adu Debrah Sarpong; David Azanu; Benjamin Ossom; Lydia Akosua Kwabia; Michael Ato Essuman; Stella Afi Makafui Yegblemenawo; Ampofo Twene. Assessing Legal Frameworks and Stakeholder Perspectives on Integrating the Rights of Nature into Ghana’s Environmental Governance. 2026. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9528146/v1
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- Dickson Adom; Kwame Adjei Omanhene Boateng; Bright Baidoo; Prince Anane Agyei; Harrison Kwabena Owusu; Margaret Adu Debrah Sarpong; David Azanu; Benjamin Ossom; Lydia Akosua Kwabia; Michael Ato Essuman; Stella Afi Makafui Yegblemenawo; Ampofo Twene. Assessing Legal Frameworks and Stakeholder Perspectives on Integrating the Rights of Nature into Ghana’s Environmental Governance. 2026. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9528146/v1
UDTR Global Rights of Nature Legal Library. Assessing Legal Frameworks and Stakeholder Perspectives on Integrating the Rights of Nature into Ghana’s Environmental Governance. Documentary record: https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-76c36dceb607b88e83e949e42ba7c77f/ · Last HTTP verification: not performed
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