Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

2019 Colloquium -- Fourth Quarter

No	Presenter (s)	Topic	Date	Chair Person
1.	Dr. Haruna Abukari	Comparing Park Management Strategies and Local Community Attitudes in Ghana and Tanzania	3^rd October, 2019	Dr. Kwame Antwi Oduro
2.	Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Darko-Obiri, Dr. Akwasi Duah Gyamfi, Dr. James Kofi Korang & Mr. Francis Wilson Owusu	Addressing Current Environmental Degradation in Ghana (Symposium)	17^th October, 2019
3.	Dr. Cindy E. Prescott (Visiting Professor from UBC)	Publish… Don’t Perish	21^st October, 2019	Dr. LCN Anglaaere
4.	Mr. Prosper Mensah	Characterization of Particleboards Manufactured from Four (4) Agro-forest Residues using Cassava Starch and Urea Formaldehyde as Adhesives	31^st October, 2019	Prof. Stephen Jobson Mitchual (UEW-Kumasi Campus)
5.	Dr. Caleb Ofori Boateng	Proposed Ex-Situ Conservation Program in CSIR-FORIG	7th November, 2019	Dr. Daniel Shalom Addo-Danso
6.	Mr. Haruna Seidu	Ransomware: Protection and Prevention of the Deadly Malware	14^th November, 2019	Dr. Emmanuel Ebanyenle
7.	Prof. J.R. Cobbinah	Problem Analysis: A Critical Step in Research Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation	21^st November, 2019	Prof. Daniel A. Ofori (Director)

2019 Colloquium -- Third Quarter

No	Presenter(s)	Topic	Date	Chair Person
1.	Bangor University	Summer School	18^th July, 2019	Prof. Mark Appiah
2.	CCST Students	Research Presentations.	15^th August, 2019	Prof. Mark Appiah
3.	Mr. William Bandoh	Checking Individual Tree Logs with DNA Fingerprints	22^nd August, 2019	Dr. Joseph Mireku Asomaning
4.	Lawyer Quashie-Sam	Introduction to Law of Contracts (Analysis and signing of agreements, Leases, MOU’s, Application forms etc) Part 2	5^th September, 2019	Dr. Kwame Antwi Oduro
5.	Dr. Mireku Asomaning and Mr. James Amponsah	Seed Source Documentation	19^th September, 2019	Dr. LCN Anglaaere
6.	Mr. Albert Armooh:	Introduction to the Sustainability of Map: “An International Trade Centre (ITC) Tool”	26^th September, 2019	Dr. LCN Anglaaere

2019 Colloquium -- Second Quarter

No	Presenter(s)	Topic	Date	Chair Person
1.	CCST Students	Research Presentations	4^th April, 2019
2.	Mr. Lawrence K. Mensah	Presentation on Public Sector Employees Pension Scheme (PSWEPS) on Tier Two Pension for all SSNIT Contributors.	5^th April, 2019
3.	Dr. Emmanuel Ebanyenle	XyloTron: A tool to combat illegal timber trade in Ghana	25^th April, 2019	Mr. Francis Wilson Owusu
4.	Mah Coulibaly & Soule' Moussa (PhD Candidates)	1. Aboveground BIomass and CO₂Emission from Land Use, Land Cover Change Estimates in Sudan Savannah Ecological Zone of Ghana 2. Stand Structure, Wood Species diversity, and carbon stocks in urban forests of the West Africa Sahelian Zone: A case of Niamey and Maradi, Niger.	2^nd May 2019	Dr. Adu-Bredu
5.	Mr. James Amponsah	Phenological observation of tropical forests: Principles and Practice.	16^th May 2019	Dr. Joseph Mireku Asomaning
6.	Mr. Richard Ninnoni Esq, Dr. Bright Kankam, Dr. Lawrence Damnyag	Our Biodiversity, Our Food, and Our Health.	22^ndMay, 2019
7.	Mr. Kofi A. Quashie-Sam, Esq.	Introduction of Law of Contracts, Analysis and signing of Agreements, Leases, MOU’s Application forms etc.	6^th June,2019	Prof. Mark Appiah
8.	Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice O. Darko, Dr. Reginald Guuroh, Dr. (Mrs.) Elizabeth A. Obeng, Dr. Akwasi Duah-Gyamfi, and Dr. Kwame A. Oduro	1. Establishing Land Restoration Research & Demonstration Area within Degraded Mining Sites. 2. Phytoremediation Potential of Indigenous and Exotic Tree Species in Ghana).	11^th June, 2019
9.	Mr. Francis Wilson Owusu	Emerging Timber Species on the Domestic Markets in Ashanti Region and Techiman.	20^thJune, 2019	Prof Daniel A. Ofori
10.	Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Darko Obiri	Perception and Economics of Herbicide use in Forest Plantation Establishment in Ghana.	27^th June, 2019	Dr. Kwame Antwi Oduro

2019 Colloquium -- First Quarter

No	Presenter(s)	Topic	Date	Chair Person
1.	Prof. Kate Parr from University of Liverpool, UK.	Do the little things run the world?	17^th January, 2019
2.	Dr. Charles Essien	Fundamental Consideration & Application of Acoustic Techniques as a Forest Management Tool	24^th January, 2019
3.	Hungarian Students	Presentations on scientific visits	5^thFebruary, 2019
4.	CSIR-College of Science and Technology (CCST) Students	Presentation of Thesis	14^thFebruary, 2019
5.	Hon. Dr. Emmanuel Marfo (MP for Oforikrom)	Interfacing Forest Science and Policy using Parliamentary Oversight Mechanism	28^thFebruary, 2019
6.	Dr. Ernest G. Foli	Tree Diversity and Natural Regeneration are Jointly Control by Aridity & Disturbances in Dry lands of Ghana	14^th March, 2019

2018 Colloquium -- Third Quarter

No	Presenter(s)	Topic	Date	Chair Person
1.	Prof. Paul P. Bosu	Progress on the Implementation of an IFS Collaborative Research on Tetrapleura Tetraptera (Prekese) in Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda	12^th July 2018	Prof. Daniel A. Ofori (Director of CSIR-FORIG)
2.	Ms. Bridgette Brentuo	Some Physical Properties of Tetrapleura Tetraptera (Prekese)	9^th August 2018	Mr. Francis Wilson Owusu
3.	Mr. Kofi Quashie-Sam	The proper acquisition and security of land title and applications in research plots	6^th September 2018	Prof. Mark Appiah (Deputy Director)

2018 Colloquium -- Second Quarter

No	Presenter(s)	Topic	Date	Chair Person
1.	Prof. Joseph R. Cobbinah	Hidden rules in project conceptualization and development	5^th April 2018	Prof. Daniel A. Ofori (Director of CSIR-FORIG)
2.	Dr. Lawrence Damnyag	Involving farmers in agri-environmental schemes for payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) : evidence from a pilot auction, Ghana	19^th April 2018	Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Darko Obiri
3.	Dr. Ernest G. Foli	Estimating the forest reference level for REDD+ Implementation in Ghana	26^th April 2018	Mr. Edward Obiaw (Director of RMSC)
4.	Dr. J. Mireku Asomaning	Successful implementation and management of the National Tree Seed Centre: what we must do	24^th May 2018	Prof Daniel A. Ofori (Director – CSIR-FORIG)
5.	Dr. Kwame Antwi Oduro	Ghana’s high forests: trends and scenarios for future developments	31^st May 2018	Dr. Lawrence Damnyag
6.	Mr. Francis Wilson Owusu	Conversion of Pterocarpus erinaceus poir (Rosewood) into lumber using wood-mizer	14^th June 2018	Dr. Kwame Antwi Oduro
7.	Dr. James Korang	Bioenergy for climate change mitigation	21^st June 2018	Mrs. Sarah Pentil
8.	Mr. William N. Bandoh	Tissue culture regenerationof African Rosewood: pragmatism or the economics	28^th June 2018	Prof. Paul Bosu

2018 Colloquium -- First Quarter

No	Presenter(s)	Topic	Date	Chair Person
1.	Dr. Stephen Adu-Bredu	Forest Bio-mass, Productivity and carbon cycling along a rainfall gradient in West Africa	18th January, 2018	Dr. Ernest Foli
2.	Dr. Bright Kankam	Do visitors affect Lowe’s Money behavior at Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Ghana	25^th January, 2018	Dr. (Mrs.) Lucy Amissah
3.	Dr. Caleb Ofori Boateng	The tale of the whistling frog	1^st February 2018	Dr. Bright Kankam
4.	Dr. Elizabeth Obeng	Perceived economic values for watershed ecosystem services: a value orientation approach	8^th February 2018	Dr. Lawrence Damnyag
5.	Dr.(Mrs.) Lucy Amissah	Rainfall and temperature affect tree species distribution in Ghana	1^st March 2018	Prof. Paul Bosu
6.	Mr. George K.D Ametsitsi	Drivers of vegetation patterns in a protected Forest- Savanna Ecotone of Ghana	8^th March 2018	Dr. Stephen Adu-Bredu
7.	Dr. Akwasi Duah–Gyamfi	Functional diversity and species domi-nance explain variation in aboveground biomass in a moist tropical forest in Ghana	15^th March 2018	Dr.(Mrs.) Lucy Amissah
8.	Dr. Emmanuel Appiah–Kubi	Accreditation of the wood and furniture testing laboratory at CSIR-FORIG under ISO/IEC17025: The responsibilities, prospects and challenges	29^th March 2018	Dr. Emmanuel Ebanyele

2017 Colloquium Presentations

Urban Spaces, Carbon Sequestration and Biodiversity in the Cities of the Global South – Case of Kumasi, Ghana
Dr. Bertrand Nero

Understanding Water Fluxes in Tropical Forests
Dr. Lucy Rowland (University of Exeter, UK)

Alternate Livelihood Resilience and Sustainability: The case of Nsemire Forest Reserve
Mr. Eric Nutakor

2016 Colloquium Presentations

African Rosewood:Pathways for sustainable utilisation and conservation
Mr. William N. Bandoh

Converting Science into Wealth
Dr. Kofi Poku

Is participatory forestry coping with democracy?
Dr. Emmanuel Marfo

2015 Colloquium Presentations

UNFF and the Post-2015 International Arrangements on Forests
Dr. J R Cobbinah

Is Ghana Achieving Forest Transition? Analysis of Forest Development Trends in Ghana
Mr. K. A. Oduro

Development of building blocks made of stabilized laterite and agricultural residues as an environmentally friendly alternative to cement blocks in Ghana
Dr. E. Appiah-Kubi