99 páginas.Trabajo Fin de Máster Propio. Tutor: Dr. Kwakye Ameyaw ; Cotutora: Mercedes Núñez Román. The research was carried out within CITES operational areas in Ghana with the view to
investigating the level of awareness of all relevant stakeholders of CITES in Ghana for any
existing knowledge gap to be addressed in order to engender an effective awareness creation
system to facilitate CITES implementation in Ghana. Specifically, the four-fold objectives were
intended to assess the knowledge base and level of awareness of relevant stakeholders on CITES,
broaden the stakeholder base and their roles in CITES implementation, examine existing
mechanisms for awareness creation on CITES and identify challenges associated with awareness
creation among relevant CITES stakeholders in Ghana and finally, solicit relevant stakeholders’
inputs on how to address identifiable challenges associated with awareness creation for CITES
implementation in Ghana. The methodology used for data collection included an initial review of
existing literature on CITES, the use of purposive sampling method to identify the relevant
stakeholders, the use of questionnaires and interview guides to solicit identifiable stakeholders’
views on various agencies that could potentially qualify as stakeholders on CITES to contribute
towards effective awareness creation, existing awareness creation mechanisms and challenges
associated with them and how to address these challenges to improve upon awareness creation for
effective CITES implementation in Ghana.. Finally, the CITES Trade database was analyzed to
know the effect of awareness creation on wildlife trade in Ghana. Results of the study revealed
among other things that, most of the relevant stakeholders interviewed had inadequate knowledge
on CITES and that the number of years spent on their jobs as stakeholders did not necessarily
reflect on their knowledge levels. The results further revealed that additional potential CITES
stakeholders are available to be deployed from existing state regulatory institutions to help
improve on CITES awareness creation in Ghana. Similarly, respondents were unanimous on the
need for the number of scientific authorities to be increased to facilitate research to promote
CITES information for dissemination to stakeholders. In its generality, there was a consensus on
the urgent need for a comprehensive awareness creation strategy be developed and enforced to
help improve on the level of awareness of stakeholders on CITES issues in Ghana
