Francis Tease

Position: Assistant Research Scientist     
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Professional fields of Interest:

• • • • • Forest Landscape Restoration
        • Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
        • Community Participation in Natural Resource Management
        • Human Impacts on the Environment

Professional Background:

2012 – 2014: Bio-Economy and Natural Resources Management (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)

2004 – 2008: Bachelor of Arts Social Sciences (University of Cape Coast, Ghana) 

Research Projects

Current Projects

1. Forestry Commission (FC)/ Industry Plantations Project. Funded by the FC/Industry Fund Board (2017-Present)

Past Projects

1. Environmental Impacts of Artisanal Small-Scale Mining in South Western Ghana. Principal Investigators: Dr. Marguerite Madden, Amanda Oregon. Dr. Cassandra Johnson Gaither. Funded by: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station (March 2022 – August 31, 2022)

2. Examining the Intersection of Capital, Mining and Forest Loss in South Western Ghana. Principal Investigators: Dr. Cassandra Johnson Gaither. Dr. Rita Yembila, Dr.  Antionette Tsibo-Darko. Funded by: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station (August 2020 – September 2020)

3. Management of Forest Established through Rehabilitation of Degraded Forest by Local Communities. Funded by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). Principal Investigators: Dr. Dominic Blay and Dr Lawrence Damnyag (2012-2016)

4. Strengthening the Capabilities of Forest Fringe Communities in Southern Ghana to Halt Illegal Logging.  Funded by the European Union. Principal Investigators: Dr. Dominic Blay and Dr. Lawrence Damnyag (2011-2012)

5. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation through Collaborative Management with Local Communities. Funded by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). Principal Investigators:        Dr. Dominic Blay and Dr. Lawrence Damnyag. (2010-2015)

Conference papers 

1. Tease, F. 2023. The impact of Small-Scale Mining on Forest and Water Resources in South Western Ghana. Presented at USDA Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Lab, Athens, Georgia, United States, 12th September 2023.

2. Aragon, A. D., Tease, F., Madden, M., Gaither, C.J. 2022. Multi-Scalar Time Series of Earth Observation for Assessing Human environmental Impact of Mining in Ghana. Abstract presented at PECORA Conference 2022 (PECORA 22). Theme: Opening the Aperture to Innovation: Expanding Our Collective Understanding of a Changing Earth. Denver, Colorado, United States. October 24-27, 2022.

3. Gaither,C.J., Tease, F., Yembila, R., Tsibo-Darko, A., Mensah, P,. Adams, B. 2021. Tree Tenure as Restorative Justice for Ghana’s Cocoa Farmers? Abstract presented at George Washington Carver Symposium, Minority Land Loss and Restorative Justice, 18 November 20201, United States.

4. Damnyag, L., Anglaaere, L., Tease, F., Bawuah E., A, 2015. Tenure and ‘carbon rights’ in local REDD + project: Insights from community-based workshops in Ankasa Conservation Area, Ghana. [Conference paper presented at the ROME2015-SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE, jointly organized with the Italian Scientific Societies, from 19-20 November 2015 in Rome, Italy, at the FAO headquarters].