Dr. Kwame Antwi Oduro is a Principal Research Scientist and an expert in natural resources governance. He has over 20 years of experience in natural resource governance, forestry research, and related fields. He is also experienced in project coordination and has over a decade of management and administrative experience.

Dr. Oduro is results-oriented, innovative, resourceful, and highly committed to teamwork. He is well-organized, approachable, and possesses strong communication skills. Dr. Oduro has an impressive academic and research portfolio, having authored or co-authored over 75 research publications.

Oduro, K. A., Obeng, E. A., Abukari, H., Guuroh, R. T., Andoh, J., Mensah, E. S., ... & Louman, B. (2024). Local communities’ adaptation strategies for reducing vulnerabilities to climate change in cocoa-forest-dominated landscapes in Ghana. GeoJournal, 89(2), 61.

2. Andoh, J., Martey, E., Obeng, E.A., Oduro, K.A. Salimath, P. and Lee, Y., (2024). Safeguarding Local communities for REDD+ implementation in Ghana. Forests, 15(8), p.1349.

3. Henry Throp, Sebastian Angzoorokuu Paalo, Kwame Antwi Oduro, Elizabeth Asantewaa Obeng, Reginald Tang Guuroh, Jewel Andoh, Abdul Boudiaf and Thiago Kanashiro Uehara. 2023. Net-zero’s nature knot: A tug of war with rural realities. https://forestgovernance.chathamhouse.org/publications/net-zeros-nature-knot-a-tug-of-war-with-rural-realities

4. Obeng E.A., Darko Obiri, B., Oduro, K.A., Frimpong, A. and Foli, G.E. 2022. The Impact of Agrochemical Usage on Cocoa Farms: Implications on Livelihoods and Cocoa Landscape Management. CSIR-FORIG/FIP Technical Report

5. Andoh, J., Oduro K.A., Park, J. and Lee Y. 2022. Towards REDD+ implementation: Deforestation and forest degradation drivers, REDD+ financing, and readiness activities in participant countries. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 5:957550. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.957550. (Impact Factor: 4.332).

6. Obiri, B.D., Abukari, H. Oduro, K.A., Quartey, R.K., Dawoe, E.L.K., Twintoh, J.J. and Opuni-Frimpong, E. 2022. Rosewood (Pterocarpus erinaceus) is a de facto forest common for local communities in Ghana. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 14(1):1-13. doi: 10.5897/IJBC2021.1512.

7. Obeng, E. A., Dakurah, I., Oduro, K. A., Obiri, B. D., 2021. Local communities’ preferences and economic values for ecosystem services from Mole National Park in Ghana: A choice experiment approach. Global Ecology and Conservation e01904

8. Obeng, E.A., Obiri, B.D., Oduro, K.A., Pentsil, S., Anglaaere, L.C.N., Foli, E.G. and Ofori, D.A. 2020. The economic value of non-market ecosystem services derived from trees on cocoa farms. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 2(100019): 1-15.

9. Oduro, K.A., Damnyag, L., Abukari, H., Abbey, A., Obeng, E.A., Twumasi-Ankra, A. and Foli, E.G. 2020. Livelihood assets and predicted effects of REDD+ implementation in farming communities in the transition and high forest zones of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Forestry, 36(1): 34 – 57.

10. Obeng, E.A., Oduro, K.A. and Darko Obiri, B. 2019. Application of the theory of planned behaviour in predicting US residents’ willingness to pay to restore degraded tropical rainforest watersheds. Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (6): 62-81