
Dr. Reginald Tang Guuroh
Senior Research Scientist
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Dr. Reginald Tang Guuroh is a Senior Research Scientist and the Head of Division of the Forest and Climate Change Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (CSIR-FORIG). He is a Professional Forester and a Natural Resources Management practitioner. He holds a PhD. in Plant Ecology and Ecosystem Functioning from the University of Bonn, Germany.
His research interests cut across Climate change and land use effects on plants; Ecosystem functioning and service provision; Greenhouse gas measurements; Forest Landscape Restoration; Biodiversity and conservation; and Agroforestry. He has over 30 peer-reviewed scientific publications, in addition to book chapters, technical reports and other scientific communications including conferences. He is as a Lecturer at the Department of Natural Resources Management, CSIR College of Science and Technology (CCST) where he also serves as the Thesis Coordinator.
He supervises students both from CCST and collaborating International Universities. Dr. Guuroh also serves on various committees including leadership positions of a number of professional associations within and outside the CSIR. These include the Research Staff Association (RSA) of CSIR, Forestry Research Network of Sub-saharan Africa (FORNESSA), and the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS).
2. Shaibu, M.T., Akufo, N.M., Munkaila, L., Guuroh, R.T., Avornyo, F.K. (2025). Assessing climate change effects on fodder species: implications for goat production in Northern Ghana. Environ Dev Sustain (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-05911-9
3. Rømer, N., Lykke, A.M., Gonzalez, P., Kakaï, R.G., Rabiou, H., Amegnaglo, K.B., Ganaba, S., Sambou, B., Diop, F.N., Herault, B., Guuroh, R.T., Ouoba, P., Yaméogo, J.T., Traoré, L., Sinsin, B., Amahowe, O.I., Bay, S.S., Houehanou, T.D., Houessou, L.G., Gouwakinnou, G.N., Yetein, M.H., Tankoano, B., Ouédraogo, A., Ouédraogo, I., Taita, P., Amani, B.H.K., Colibaly, B., Kouyaté, A.M., van Damme, P., Vanhove, W., Mahamane, A., Bonache, C., Sambou, S., Soumana, I., Amani, A., Inoussa Maman 10 Maârouhi, I.M., Barfod, A.S. (2025). Tree populations show low regeneration of locally valued species in West Africa. Biological Conservation, 301: 110891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110891
4. Guuroh, R.T., Brown, L.R., Alvarez, M., Finckh, M., Schmiedel, U., Tsheboeng, G., Dengler, J. (2024). African vegetation studies: introduction to a Special Collection. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 5: 279-288. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.143360
5. Yaro, V.S.O, Bonde, L., Bougma, C.P., Sedgo, I., Guuroh, R.T., Gebremichael, A.W., Neya, T., Linstädter, A., and Ouédraogo, O. (2024). Greenhouse gas emission from prescribed fires is influenced by vegetation types in West African Savannas. Scientific Reports, 14(1):12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73753-6
6. Andoh, J., Acquah, S.B., Oduro, K.A., Obiri, D.B., Obeng, E.A., Guuroh, R.T., Opuni-Frimpong, E., Akpalu, S.E., Crentsil, K.A., Kyenkyehene, K.K., Ofori, D.A. (2024). Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation and local capital assets in community resource management areas: implications for REDD+. Environment Development and Sustainability. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-05415-6
7. Zerbo, I., Balima, H.L., Guuroh, R.T., Thiombiano, A. (2024). Impact of climate, land management and harvesting patterns on the ecological traits and the population structure of Pterocarpus lucens in West African semi-arid areas. Environmental Challenges 17(24):101012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2024.101012
8. Oduro, K. A., Obeng, E. A., Abukari, H., Guuroh, R. T., Andoh, J., Mensah, E. S., Acquah, S. B., Owusu‑Ansah, M., Nibenang, M., Obiri, B. D., Louman, B. (2024). Local communities’ adaptation strategies for reducing vulnerabilities to climate change in cocoa‑forest dominated landscapes in Ghana. GeoJournal, 89:61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-024-11052-3
9. Njomaba, E., Ofori, J.N., Guuroh, R.T., Aikins, B., Nagbija, R.K. and Surový., P. (2024). Assessing forest biodiversity in Ghana's tropical forest using PlanetScope data. Remote Sensing 16(3):463. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16030463
10. Dembélé, F., Guuroh, R.T., Ansah, P.B., Boakye. D., Asare, M., Da, S.S. Aryee, J.N.A. and Adu-Bredu, S. (2024). Land use land cover change and intensity analysis of land transformation in and around a moist semi-deciduous forest in Ghana. Trees, Forests and People. 15:100507.
11. Nero, B.F., Guuroh, R.T. (2023). Potential toxic elements accumulation in soils and parts of palm (Elaeis guineensis) growing on reclaimed tailings and mined spoils in southwestern Ghana. Environmental Monitoring Assessessment, (2023)195:1396. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-12015-w
12. Bedair, H., Remon, M., Alghariani, M., Anibaba, Q., Omar, E., Bornman, C., Kiboi, S., Rady, H., Ghosh, S., Abdul-Moomin, S., Guuroh, R.T., Sanou, L. (2023). Global Warming Status in the African Continent: Sources, Challenges, Policies, and Future Direction. International Journal of Environmental Resources, (2023)17:45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-023-00534-w
13. Akowuah D., Guuroh, R.T., Ofori, D.A., Appiah, M. (2022). Growth response of plantation species (Cedrela odorata) and Terminalia superba to variability in site and climatic conditions. Ghana Journal of Forestry, 38:31-54.
14. Yannelli, F.A., Andrade, B.O., Anibaba, Q.A., Bazzichetto, M., Bonari, G., Chelli, S., Conradi, T., Ćuk, M., Damasceno, G., Fantinato, E., Geange, S. R., Guuroh, R.T., Holle, M.J.M., Küzmič, F., Lembrechts, J.J., Mosyaftiani, A., Pattison, Z., Šikuljak, R., Teixeira, J., Tordoni, E., Pérez-Valladares, C.X., Sperandii, M.G. (2022). Fifteen emerging challenges and opportunities for vegetation science – a horizon scan by early career researchers. Journal of Vegetation Science, 33:1. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13119.
15. Obeng, M., Guuroh, R.T., Becker, M., Pariyar, S. (2022). Effects of land use on tree species diversity in different agroecological zones of Ghana. Submitted to Proceedings of Tropentag, 14-16 September 2022. Germany. 16. Guuroh, R.T., Foli, E.G., Addo-Danso, S.D., Stanturf, J., Kleine, M., Burns, J. (2021). Restoration of Degraded Forest Reserves in Ghana. Reforesta, 12: 35 - 55. DOI: https:/dx.doi.org/10.21750/REFOR.12.05.97.
17. Kalanzi, F., Kyazze, F.B., Isubikalu, P., Kiyingi, I., Orikiriza, L.J.B., Okia, C., Guuroh, R.T. (2021). Influence of socio-technological factors on smallholder farmers’ choices of Agro-forestry technologies in the Eastern Highlands of Uganda. Small Scale Forestry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11842-021-09483-8
18. Antwi-Wiredu, A., Gakpetor, P.M., Guuroh, R.T., Ofori, E., Ofori, D.A. (2020). Vegetative Propagation Technologies using Stem and Root Cuttings of Paulownia (P. fortunei and P. elongata) Tree Species for Mass Production. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, 18(4):67-76.
19. Folega, F., Diwediga, B., Guuroh, R.T., Wala, K., Akpagana, K. (2020). Riparian and stream forests carbon sequestration in the context of high anthropogenic disturbance in Togo. Moroccan Journal of Agricultural Science, 1(1): 39-49.
20. Gaitan, J.J., Maestre, Fernando, T., Bran, D.E., Buono, G. G., Dougill, A.J., Martinez, G. G., Ferrante, D., Guuroh, R.T., Linstaedter, A., Massara, V., Thomas, A.D., Oliva, G.E. (2019). Biotic and abiotic drivers of topsoil organic carbon concentration in drylands have similar effects at regional and global scales. Ecosystems, 22: 1445-1456.
21. Obeng, E.A., Oduro, K.A., Obiri, B.D., Abukari, H., Guuroh, R.T., Djagbletey, G.D., Appiah-Korang, J., Appiah, M. (2019). Impact of illegal mining activities on forest ecosystem services: Local communities’ attitudes and willingness to participate in restoration activities in Ghana. Heliyon, 5(10):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02617
22. Guuroh R.T., Linstädter, A., Ferner, J., Canak, K., Ruppert, J.C., Schmidtlein, S. (2018). Drivers of forage provision and erosion control in West African savannas – A macroecological perspective. Journal of Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 251: 257 – 267.
23. Durán, J., DelgadoBaquerizo, M., Dougill, J. A., Guuroh, R.T., Linstädter, A., Thomas, A. D., Maestre, F.T. (2018). Temperature and aridity regulate spatial variability of soil multifunctionality in drylands across the globe. Journal of Ecology, 99 (5):1184 – 1193.
24. Ferner, J., Schmidtlein, S., Guuroh, R. T., Lopatin, J., Linstaedter, A. (2018). Disentangling effects of climate and land-use change on West African drylands’ forage supply. Journal of Global Environmental Change, 53:24 – 38.
25. Ochoa-Hueso, R., Maestre, F.T., Eldridge, D.J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Soliveres, S., Bowker, A. M., Gross, N., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Quero, L.J., García-Gómez, M., Valencia E., Arredondo, T., Beinticinco, L., Bran, D., Cea, A., Coaguila, D., Dougill, J. A., Espinosa, I.C., Gaitán, J., Guuroh, R.T., Gusman, E., Gutiérrez, J.R., Hernández, R.M., Huber-Sannwald, E., Jeffries, T., Linstädter, A., Mau, R.L., Monerris, J., Prina A., Pucheta, E., Stavi, I., Thomas, A.D., Zaady, E., Singh, B.K. (2016). Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands. Journal of Ecology, 106(1):242-253.
26. Naah, J-B.S.N., Guuroh R.T., Linstädter, A. (2017). Factors influencing local ecological knowledge of forage resources: Ethnobotanical evidence from West Africa's savannas. Journal of Environmental Management, 188:297–307.
• MSc, Tropical Forestry and Management, Technical University of Dresden, Germany (2010 – 2011)
• MSc, Environmental Forestry, Bangor University, United Kingdom (2009 – 2010)
• BSc Natural Resources Management (Silviculture and Forest Management), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (2003 – 2007)
• Forest Landscape Restoration;
• Ecosystem functioning and service provision.
• Biodiversity and conservation;
• Greenhouse gas measurements from different sources;
• Agroforestry, climate smart agriculture and Food security,
2017 – 2021: Research Scientist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research -Forestry Research Institute of Ghana.
Jan – Dec 2016: – Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Cologne, Germany
Nov 2011 – Apr 2012: Research Assistant, United Nations University, Bonn, Germany
2015 – 2016: Scholarship from the West African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adapted Land use (WASCAL) project
2015&2018: International Association for Vegetation Science Travel Award
2012-2015: Catholic Academic Exchange Service Scholarship Award
2012: Hans J. Ruthenberg award for young scientist in food security research
2009 – 2011: European Union – Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Award
Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems in northern savanna zone of Ghana; funded by Bioversity International
Greenhouse Gas Determination in West Africa’s Agricultural Landscapes (GreenGaDe; funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research through WASCAL WRAP 2.
Impact of Climate Change and Land Use on the Distribution of Woody Medicinal Plants in Ghana (funded by the German Academic Exchange Service – DAAD)
Effects of Climate and Land Use on Plant Diversity in Southern Ghana (funded by International Foundation for Science)
Effects of Climate and Land Use on Plant Diversity in Northern Ghana (funded by British Ecological Society)
USDA-University of Missouri/CSIR-FORIG- Documenting Impacts of Artisanal Mining and Land Clearing on Cocoa Cultivation in Ghana
Assessment of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Community Resource Management Areas in the Northern Savanna Zone – under the Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project. Funds provided by World Bank/Forestry Commission, Ghana.
International Association for Vegetation Science (Governing Council Member, Chair of the African Charter)
Forestry Research Network of sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA)
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO