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Learn about our biodiversity management approach focusing on forest biodiversity, socioeconomic dimensions, and land-use planning. Conservation efforts include habitat rehabilitation, agroforestry studies, and genetic diversity preservation in forests and tree crops.
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BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT, BIODIVERSITY AND LAND-USE UNIT. CSIR-FORIG
CSIR-FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA FORESTS PRODUCT AND TRADE ENVIRONMENT, BIODIVERSITY AND LAND-USE FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE UNITS
BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH FOREST BIODIVERSITY AND SOME ASPECTS OF ENV. BIODIVERSITY. THE ISSUE OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC DIMENSION OF BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT. (At What Cost?)
OUR APPROACH Conservation planning, Biodiversity management
OUR ACTIVITIES • REHABILITATION OF DEGRADED FOREST AND SAVANNA LANDS. • BOLGA AND BAWKU • DORMAA, OFFINSO, BEGORO FOREST DISTRICT • REHABILITATION OF DEGRADED MINE SITES. • IN COLLABORATION WITH AGBL.
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN AGROFORESTRY. • COCOA AGROFORESTRY • OTHER AGROFORESTRY
STUDY OF STATUS OF SOME SELECTED FOREST RESERVES. • BOBIRI • THE IMPACTS OF LOGGING ON FAUNA(BUTTERFLIES) AND FLORA. • NATURAL RECOVERY • SOIL CARBON AND NTRIENT DYNAMICS
CONSERVATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY AND BIODIVERSITY OF FORESTS AND SOME TREE CROP SPECIES • WAWA, ODUM. • ALLANBLACKIA PARVIFLORA • TALBOTIELLA GENTII: (ENDANGERED) • A SPECIES ENDEMIC IN GHANA.
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN PLANTATIONS. • HOW DESIGN AND NATURE (SINGLE/MIXED SPECIES) ENHANCES BIODIVERSITY. E.g. TEAK PLANTATIONS • ACTIVITIES:
HIGHLIGHTS • 231 Ha OF INDIGENOUS SPECIES ESTABLISHED. • ALL EXISTING STANDS OF T.GENTII DECLARED GSBA’S. • LOCALLY ADAPTED SYSTEM OF MONITORING BIODIVERSITY.