686
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Policies and labels for negotiating rights protection for the environmentally displaced in Ghana: the Dagara farmer in perspective

&
Pages 83-97 | Received 23 Jun 2017, Accepted 23 Jun 2017, Published online: 15 Sep 2017

References

  • Bacho, F. Z. L. (2001). Infrastructure delivery under poverty: Potable water provision through collective action in Northern Ghana (Spring Research Series, No. 34). Dortmund: University of Dortmund.
  • Bates, D. C. (2002). Environmental refugees? Classifying human migrations caused by environmental change. Population and Environment, 23, 468–473.
  • Biermann, F., & Boas, I. (2007). Preparing for a warmer world. Towards a global governance system to protect climate refugees (Global Governance Working Paper No 33). Retrieved November, 2007, from https://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0002952/Climate_refugees_global_governance_Nov2007.pdf
  • Black, R. (2001). ‘Environmental refugees: Myth or reality?’ New issues in refugee research (UNHCR Working Paper No. 34). Retrieved March, 2001, from https://www.unhcr.org/research/RESEARCH/3ae6a0d00.pdf
  • Boano, C., Zetter, R., & Morris, T. (2008). Environmentally displaced peoples: Understanding the linkages between environmental change, livelihoods and forced migration (Policy Briefing No.1). Oxford: Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Retrieved from www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/PDFs/RSCPB1-Environment.pdf
  • Brown, O. (2008). ‘Climate change and forced migration: Observations, projections and implications’ UNDP. (New Issues in Refugee Research. Working Paper No.70). UNHCR. Retrieved from https://www.migrationdrc.org/publications/resources_guides/Migration_and_Climate_Change/MRS-31.pdf
  • Council of Europe. (2008). Environmentally induced migration and displacements: A 21st century challenge (A Report of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population, Doc 11785, p. 2). Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe. Retrieved December 23, from https://assembly.coe.int/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc08/EDOC11785.pdf
  • Cudjoe, S. N. A., & Bilsborrow, R. E. (2011). Are migrants exceptional resource degraders? A study of agricultural households in Ghana. GeoJournal, 7, 681–694.
  • De Moor, N., & Cliquet, A. (2009). Environmental displacement: A new security risk for Europe? Belgium: Department of Public International Law, Ghent University.
  • Dun, O., & Gemenne, F. (2008). ‘Defining environmental migration’, climate change and displacement. Forced Migration Review, 31. Retrieved from https://www.fmreview.org/FMRpdfs/FMR31/10-11.pdf
  • El-Hinnawi, E. (1985). Environmental refugees Nairobi: United Nations Environmental Programme.
  • German Advisory Council on Global Change. (2008). Climate change as a security risk (pp. 117–118). London: Earthscan. Retrieved from https://www.wbgu.de/wbgu_jg2007_engl.pdf
  • GSS. (2005). 2000 Population and housing census report. Accra: Republic of Ghana.
  • International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP). (2008). Climate change and human rights: A rough guide. Geneva: ICHRP.
  • Keane, D. (2004). The environmental causes and consequences of migration: A search for the meaning of “environmental refugees” Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, 16, 209–223.
  • Kent, G. (2005, August 3). The Fundamentals of Rights Systems. University of Hawaii. Retrieved from https://www2.hawaii.edu/kent
  • Kibreab, G. (1997). Environmental causes and impact of refugee movements: A critique of the current debate. Disasters, 21(1), 20–38.10.1111/disa.1997.21.issue-1
  • Kuubuor, B. (2003). Multiple layers of land rights and ‘Multiple Owners’—The case of land disputes in the Upper West Region of Ghana. In F. Kroger & B. Meier (Eds.), Ghana’s North: A research on culture, religion, and politics of societies in transition. Berlin: Peter Lang.
  • Laczko, F., & Aghazarm, C. (2009). Migration, environment and climate change: Assessing the evidence. Geneva: IOM.
  • Lentz, C. (2006). First-comers and late-comers: Indigenous theories of landownership in West Africa. In R. Kuba & C. Lentz (Eds.), Land and the Politics of belonging in West Africa. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV.
  • Lopez, A. (2007). The protection of environmentally-displaced persons in international law. Environmental Law, 37, 367–368
  • Manuh, T., Benneh, Y., Gebe, Y., Anebo, F., & Agyei, J. (2011). Legal and institutional dimensions of migration in ghana, migration studies technical series (Technical Paper No.4). Legon: Centre for Migration Studies.
  • McAdam, J. (2007, October 24). Climate change ‘refugees’ and international law. NSW Bar Association. Retrieved from https://www.nswbar.asn.au/circulars/climatechange1.pdf
  • Myers, N. (2002). Environmental refugees: A growing phenomenon of the 21st century. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 357, 609–613. 10.1098/rstb.2001.0953
  • Stern, N. (2006). Stern review: The economics of climate change, UK treasury. Retrieved from www.hmtreasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change/stern_review_report.cfm
  • van der Geest, K., & de Jeu, R. (2008). Climate change and displacement: Ghana. Forced Migration Review, 16, 31.
  • van der Geest, K. (2010). Local perceptions of migration from Northwest Ghana. Africa, 80, 595–619.
  • van der Geest, K., Vrieling, A., & Ton, D. (2010). Migration and environment in Ghana: A cross-district analysis of human mobility and vegetation dynamics. Environment and Urbanisation, 22, 107–123.
  • van der Geest, K. (2011a). North-south migration in Ghana: What role for the environment? International Migration, 49, e69–e94.10.1111/imig.2011.49.issue-s1
  • van der Geest, K. (2011b). The Dagara farmer at home and away: Migration, environment and development in Ghana (PhD thesis), University of Amsterdam. African Studies Collection, No. 33. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
  • Wouterse, F. (2010, January). Internal Migration and Rural Service Provision in Northern Ghana, Washington DC (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Discussion Paper 00952).
  • Zetter, R. (2008). Legal and Normative Frameworks. Forced Migration Review, 31. Retrieved from https://www.fmreview.org/FMRpdfs/FMR31/62-63.pdf
  • Zetter, R. (2011). Protecting environmentally displaced people: Developing the capacity of legal and normative frameworks (Research Report). Oxford: Refugee Studies Centre.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.