The paper address a complex topic that needs multivariate observation. The authors managed information extracted by interviews that were the form to achieve the main causes of the problem raised and present it in a holistic way, discussing the relevant points and pointing out future perspectives in the political, social and, to a lesser extent, environmental spheres. Although, all the text needs to be grammatically checked, and some parts need to rewrite following a more concise way. The English style can be chosen but need consistency. About the contents, In my point of view, it is necessary to include a small observation about the absence of technical criteria to develop forest management and/or silviculture and, considering the global reach of the journal, the link between what happens in Ghana and what is happening in other tropical forests could be better including quick examples during the discussion becoming the paper more relevant globally. The data analysis and the use of the qualitative-analysis-tool look poor, evidenced by figure two, without legend by colours and scale by the size of the words – The word cloud format can be better exploited and discussed. I suggest a double-check in all references. After these modifications (including specific comments), I recommend this article for publication.