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es politiques forestières dans un contexte de la Chine globale : Essais sur la présence chinoise dans le secteur du bois de rose au Ghana
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Auteur / Autrice : Anthony Baidoo
Direction : Philippe Meral
Type : Projet de thèse
Discipline(s) : Sciences Politiques
Date : Inscription en doctorat le 01/10/2021
Etablissement(s) : Paris, AgroParisTech
Ecole(s) doctorale(s) : École doctorale Agriculture, Alimentation, Biologie, Environnement, Santé
Partenaire(s) de recherche : Laboratoire : SENS - Savoirs, ENvironnement, Sociétés

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West Africa contributes to nearly 80% of global rosewood trade, mainly to Asia (Dumenu, 2019). Ghana is Africa's second-largest supplier of rosewood to China by volume after Nigeria and the world's fourth-largest supplier of rosewood (Treanor, 2015; Dumenu and Bandoh, 2016). Chinese nationals and investors have a highly visible presence in West Africa as part of the rosewood trade boom. "The situation in West Africa illustrates how global forces interact with local processes to constrain the extraction of environmental resources" (Kansanga et al., 2021). Ongolo et al (2021) highlight the need for more studies on the fruitful interaction between science and public policy, as well as on the interests and motivations of the different actors involved in forest land governance in Africa. What procedures have been put in place around the rosewood trade between West Africa and China? Why has West Africa become one of the favorite destinations for Chinese investors and their allies in the rosewood trade? Will Africa's remaining forest ecosystems survive the growing pressure of Chinese demand for rosewood? ? Is there an agreement to ensure the sustainability of the rosewood trade between Ghana and China? The empirical research proposed here aims to increase the literature on rosewood at local, national and transnational scales using the West Africa-China Agreement as a case