The traditional authorities used herein refer to the chiefs, their cabinet of elders, queen mothers as well as the traditional priests and priestesses. They govern the numerous local communities in Ghana and uphold the traditional knowledge systems.
Thus, their role is the fulcrum to the successful implementation of the traditional biodiversity strategy. They must promptly execute their duties in dispensing punishment to persons who flout taboos set to protect biodiversity. They must work with the conservationists in intensifying biodiversity education and awareness campaigns in their jurisdictions via the strategic action plans of the developed traditional biodiversity strategy.
As such, they have a great stake in the governance of chiefs and their cabinets of elders in the local communities. Thus, they would monitor and ensure that the chiefs are meticulously following the dictates outlined in the traditional biodiversity strategy in their jurisdictions.
They must send their representatives at regular intervals to local communities to inspect the management of biodiversity.
The National House of Chiefs must instruct the various chiefs in submitting regular reports on how they are discharging their implementation duties for perusal and advice. The National Commission on Culture which is a body interested in the recognition, preservation and promotion of cultural heritage and traditional knowledge systems would be assigned to monitor activities that promote the awareness creation of the relevance of the cultural and artistic elements, particularly, cultural practices and activities that promote biodiversity education as suggested in the developed traditional biodiversity strategy of the researcher.
They are to ensure that the strategic action plans of the traditional biodiversity strategy receive much recognition in the Ghanaian communities. These forms of education will be carried out through workshops, seminars and short courses organized for the conservationists in their workplaces as well as in local communities for the traditional authorities.
They would work closely with the traditional authorities to ensure stringent observance and adherence to the taboos and cosmological beliefs associated with the use of resources. Also, they would ensure that the right penalties and sanctions are applied to serve as deterrents to other would-be offenders.
Moreover, the body would be tasked with the responsibility of planning developmental schemes to increase the eco-tourism potentials of Protected Areas such as sacred groves and parks that are not populous in the country.
This would ensure the protection of these hotspots of biodiversity while generating employment avenues for the impoverished local people living on the fringes of such sites.
Also, the body is to liaise with festive organizing committees and sponsors of festivals to plan and draw effective programmes for festive commemorations that would help to enhance and conserve the biodiversity in the host and their surrounding communities.
They would be tasked to find ways of funding the awards that would be given to renowned persons, groups and agencies that have set excellent examples in promoting the conservation of biodiversity in the celebrant communities. They would do this through their religious teachings and programs, using it in inculcating conservation ethos in their followers. They are to support the biodiversity conservation activities in the country through their religious campaigns, capitalizing on the cosmological beliefs held by their followers to promote the conservation of biodiversity.
They would also be tasked to oversee educational contests such as quizzes on biodiversity conservation in educational institutions in Ghana. Stations, Signage Companies and Information Centres These media outlets would promote the biodiversity conservation education and awareness campaigns among the general public through the innovative strategies of using the print, video, audio and visual media suggested in the traditional biodiversity strategy.
Conclusions The developed traditional biodiversity strategy is to cater for the marginalized inclusion and implicit mention of traditional knowledge systems for conservation in the existing biodiversity-related policies in Ghana. It is hoped that the detailed directions given in this document would serve as a viable complement to the scientific conservation models in the existing biodiversity policies.
The document is not to usurp the plans and programs in the existing policies for biodiversity. It is rather addressing the deficiencies in the traditional knowledge component which has been a dire challenge as indicated in the recently released National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. It is not a conclusive document. It is still a strategic document under development.
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