Adu-Gyamfi Asamoah is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (CSIR-FORIG), where he is assigned to the Forest Policy Governance and Livelihoods Division (FPGLD).

He is currently pursuing a PhD in Agricultural and Forestry Economics and Management at Nanjing Forestry University in Jiangsu Province, China, under the College of Economics and Management. He holds a Master of Public Policy in Climate Change Policy from Hallym University in South Korea. He also holds both a Bachelor’s and a Diploma in Natural Resources Management from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, with specializations in Agroforestry, and Silviculture and Forest Management, respectively.

He has extensive experience in forest landscape restoration and both forest- and community-based ecological research, collaborating with numerous local and international partners. His expertise spans climate change science, forests and livelihoods, agroforestry, gender and forestry, and participatory forest management (PFM).

His multidisciplinary background makes him a strong asset for collaborative research and policy development in forestry and related fields. He is a member of the Research Staff Association of CSIR, and International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS).

Carsan, S., Muthee, K., Bah, A., Obiri, D.B., Oduro, K., Asamoah, A-G., Andoh, J., Guuroh, R. (2024). A review of mangrove and forestry co-management plans in Ghana and The Gambia. World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya and Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island. Narragansett, RI, USA. 60 pp

Opuni-Frimp ong, E., Mensah, J.K., Asamoah, A-G., Okyere-Agyapong, E., Sarfo, K.B., Attiah, G. & Bosu, P.P. (2023). Tragocephala nobilis Fabricius (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): A new insect pest threatening the domestication of Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum and Thonn.) in Ghana. African Journal of Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13142

Obeng, E.A., Andoh, J., Oduro, K.A., Obiri, B.D., Duah-Gyamfi, A. Guuroh, R.T., Asamoah, A-G., Aloysius, N., Clark, K., 2023. Impacts of Illegal Small-Scale Artisanal Gold Mining and Land Clearing Activities on Cocoa Cultivation: Farmers’ Perception on the Multiple Threats Facing the Cocoa Industry, and Rural Livelihoods. Technical Report. CSIR-FORIG, Kumasi, Ghana.

Obiri, B.D., Andoh, J., Guuroh, R.T., Asamoah, A-G., Gakpetor, P.M., Oduro, K.A., Carsan, S., 2023. A Review of Stakeholder Engagement in Mangrove Management and Restoration in Ghana. Submitted to World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF).

Master of Public Policy (Climate Change Policy) Hallym University, Chuncheon, South Korea (2019 – 2021).

BSc Natural Resources Management (Agroforestry) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (2009 – 2012).

Dip. Natural Resources Management (Silviculture and Forest Management) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (2005 – 2008)

Climate change mitigation, Agroforestry, Silviculture and forest management

Climate change mitigation and adaptation, forests and livelihoods.

2023 - present: Assistant Research Scientist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Forestry Research Institute of Ghana.
2020-2023: Principal Technologist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Forestry Research Institute of Ghana.
2017- 2020: Principal Technical Officer, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research -Forestry Research Institute of Ghana.
2013 – 2017: Senior Technical Officer, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research -Forestry Research Institute of Ghana.

2016 -2018: Principal Technical Officer-in-charge of Forestry Commission (FC) /Industry Plantation Program, Pamu Berekum Forest Reserve.

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2023 - present: Nanjing Forestry University Scholarship for PhD. program in China.
2019 - 2021: Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Scholarship for master’s degree program in South Korea

Restoration and Conservation of the Globally Significant Biodiversity Area in Tano Offin Forest Reserve through Participatory Forest Management Approach funded by the Rufford Small Grant.

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Research Staff Association of CSIR.

International Association of Vegetation Science.