Forest Policy, Governance and Livelihoods

Forest policies, resource governance regimes and their impact on people are interlinked. This programme researches to understand this nexus. The programme attempts to understand how global and national policy instruments impact forest resources and the people who depend on it. The programme also seeks to understand the governance of forest resources, focusing on institutional efficiency and effectiveness, participation and democratic representation, transparency, accountability and equitable distribution of benefits. Another area of interest is forest and ecosystem accounting, particularly understanding in monetary terms, the contribution of forest to the economy in general. Priority areas include:

Forests and livelihoods
Policy and governance
Forest and land tenure
Gender and forestry
Forest conflict resolution
Participatory Forest Management (PFM)
Forest extension

Dr. Elizabeth Obeng Asantewaa

Principal Research Scientist

Head of Division- Forest Policy, Governance and Livelihoods (FPGLD)

SENIOR MEMBERS

Name	Position	Field of Expertise
Dr. Elizabeth A. Obeng	Principal Research Scientist	Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Socio-economics, Agricultural economics
Dr. Kwame Oduro Antwi	Principal Research Scientist	Forest governance and policy, Management of forest resources in agricultural landscapes, Forest resource development, Natural resources management
Dr. Jewel Andoh	Research Scientist	Forestry, Agroforestry, Forest Landscape Restoration, Climate Change, Forest Resource Governance, Sustainable Forest Management
Dr. William Dumenu	Research Scientist	Forest policy and economics, management and utilisation of NTFPs, forest-based bioeconomy, climate change mitigation
Mr. Adu Gyamfi Asamoah	Assistant Research Scientist	Climate change mitigation, Agroforestry, Silviculture and forest management

SENIOR STAFF

Name	Position
Mr. Emmanuel Asiedu-Poku	Chief Technical Officer

Divisional Research Activities / Features