Position: Assistant Research Scientist
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Tel: +233-208709959/ +233-546565584
Professional fields of Interest: Agroforestry, Forestry, Entomology
Professional Background: BSC. NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, MSC. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION
Research Projects
B.G.C.I. Aubregrinia taiensis TREE CONSERVATION, SOIL SEED BANK, INBAR BAMBOO ALLOMETRIC EQUATION, LAND USE AND CLIMATE EFFECTS ON PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY IN GHANA
Selected Publications
- Opoku-Kwarteng, C., Adu-Bredu, S., Obiri Danso, K. , Djagbletey, G. D. and Malhi, Y. (Submitted). The influence of termites, other fauna and some climatic factors on the decomposition of an indigenous and an exotic wood species in a tropical moist forest.
- Mireku Asomaning, J., Amponsah, J. O., Peprah, T., Owusu, S. and Opoku-Kwarteng, C., Aninagyei Ofori, D. (2020). Accelerated ageing tests of Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild. & T.Durand) Merrill seeds: evaluating seed vigour from different forest provenances to aid plus-trees selection in Ghana. Res. J. Seed Sci., 13:1-8. DOI: 10.3923/rjss.2020.1.8
- Opoku-Kwarteng, C. and Tagoe, E.N.A. (2021). "The Bobiri Forest Reserve and Butterfly Sanctuary – A home of colour and beauty". Journal of Indigenous and Shamanic Studies.
- Djagbletey, G.D., Guuroh, R.T., Addo-Danso, S.D., Duah-Gyami, A., Amwetsitsi, G.D.K., Opoku, A.D., Okyere-Agyapong, E., Opoku-Kwarteng, C., Gakpetor, P.M., Owusu-Asante, J.O., Asamoah, A.-G., Twintoh, J.J., Amponsah, J., Ebo-Nadel, J., Gati, M., Minkah, E., and Foli, E.G. (2021). A training manual for schools’ environmental education and outreach programme.
- Opoku-Kwarteng, C., Adu-Bredu, S., Obiri Danso, K., Djagbletey, G. D. and Malhi, Y. (2022). Factors that determine wood decomposition rates in a tropical moist forest in Ghana. (Submitted to the Ghana Journal of Forestry/ in review).
- Amponsah, J. O., Mireku Asomaning, J., Opoku-Kwarteng, C., Walmsley, J. and Markesteijn, L. (2022) Soil seed bank dynamics along post-logged chronosequence sites of a moist tropical forest in Ghana. Manuscript ID is AFJE-20-207. (In review)
- Media coverage of CSIR-FORIG/ Bobiri Research Centre for documentaries by Ghana Television. https://youtu.be/jLfn8Ac1mHk.
Affiliations
- Member, African section of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects.
- Member, Research Staff Association of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Ghana.
- Member, African Forest Forum.
- Member, Forest Invasive Species Network for Africa