Abstract
Akyem Abuakwa’s geographical location puts her in a different environmental condition. Both natural and human factors have combined in causing massive environmental degradation and ecological crisis. The environmental degradation and ecological crisis call for exploration of indigenous knowledge to construct indigenous ecological orientations and environmental concerns that could be relevant to recent times. Using qualitative design, the study found out that the traditional belief among the people of Abuakwa has created the awareness that human beings are answerable to the line of ancestors for their stewardship over the non-human parts of creation-land, flora and fauna; all these belong to the ancestors. The study proposes that environmental ethics through the African worldview and bioethical African worldview would dictate a fresh environmental concern and ecological orientation for the world today. The study is relevant as it contributes to traditional environmental conservation ethics.
Highlights
Akyem Abuakwa’s1 ecological zone puts her in a different environmental condition
This paper looks at environmental ethics from African perspective, environmental ethics through traditional religious philosophy of the people and through the African moral world
This paper focuses on some traditional ethical theories and contemporary environmental ethics and finds out how they impact on the environmental debate in Akyem Abuakwa
Summary
Akyem Abuakwa’s1 ecological zone puts her in a different environmental condition. The area is endowed with rich natural resources ranging from dense forest vegetation with a number of plant species, minerals such as gold and diamond, among several others. It has been observed that rapid change has bedevilled the once cherished environmental condition over the last two decades. This rapid change has both natural and human factors combined in causing environmental degradation and ecological crisis. Human activities such as surface mining, logging, sand winning, pollution of all kinds have degraded the environment creating an ecological crisis. The environmental degradation and ecological crisis call for exploration of indigenous knowledge to construct indigenous ecological orientations and environmental concerns that could be relevant to contemporary times
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