130 65 Guri, Banuoko, Derbile, Hiemstra and Verschuuren Wim Hiemstra ETC COMPAS: Comparing and Supporting Endogenous Development The Netherlands Email: w.hiemstra@etcnl.nl Website: www.compasnet.org Bas Verschuuren Co-Chair, IUCN WCPA Specialist Group Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas Researcher and Coordinator, EarthCollective Website: www.earthcollective.net Coordinator, Sacred Natural Sites initiative Website: www.sacrednaturalsites.org Email: basverschuuren@gmail.com REFERENCES CIKOD (2010) Study on traditional women leadership (Pognamene / Haala-Kuoros) in three districts in Upper West Region in Ghana. CIKOD (2010) ‘Ghanaian communities protects sacred groves from mining.’ Online case study: www.sacrednaturalsites.org/sites Guri, B. and D. Banuouku (no date) ‘Process for engaging in a win-win scenario for gold mining in Upper West Region of Ghana.’ Report to KASA, Netherlands Embassy Accra, Ghana. ETC COMPAS (2007) Learning endogenous development. Practical Action. Online: www.compasnet.org/blog/?page_id=386 Lowe, P. (2010) Tanchara. Video produced on traditional male and female leaders in Tanchara, Ghana. See: www.cikod.org, Peter Lowe Photos. Natural Justice (2009) Bio-cultural community protocols: a community approach to ensuring the integrity of environmental law and policy. Compiled by Natural Justice with support from UNEP Division for Environment, Law and Conventions: Nairobi, Kenya. Practical Action ( 2007) ‘Appreciating the diversity of worldviews.’ In: Learning Endogenous Development. Online: www.compasnet.org/blog/?page_id=386 Wild, R. and C. McLeod (2008) ‘Sacred natural sites: guidelines for protected area managers.’ Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines 16. IUCN and UNESCO: Gland, Switzerland. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2004) ‘Akwé: Kon voluntary guidelines for the conduct of cultural, environmental and social impact assessment regarding developments proposed to take place on, or which are likely to impact on, sacred sites and on lands and waters traditionally occupied or used by indigenous and local communities.’ CBD Guidelines Series: Montreal.

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