Jewel Andoh (PhD)

Professional field of Interest:

• • • • • REDD+: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
        • Forest/Climate Policy and Economics
        • Forest Governance and Livelihoods
        • Environmental Sustainability
        • Regional and Rural Development
          Forest Landscape Restoration

Professional Background:

• 2017 –2020: PhD in Regional Development (Forest/Climate Policy and Economics), Yeungnam University, South Korea
• 2015 – 2016: MSc in Forest Resources and Ecological Restoration, Yeungnam University, South Korea
• 2006 – 2010: BSc in Agriculture, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Current Research Projects:

• Gender equality and climate resilience of West African cocoa-dependent households in Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Liberia. Funded by Swedish Research Council. (2023-2025)
• Documenting Impacts of Artisanal Mining and Land Clearing on Cocoa Cultivation in Ghana. Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). (2021-2023).
• Assessment of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Community Resource Management Areas in the Northern Savannah Zone. Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reduction Project (GSLERP). Funded by Forestry Commission of Ghana. (2023-2024)

Past Research Projects:

• New Generation of Forest Technology Development Research, Research Center for Advanced Forest Technology. Funded by Korea Forest Service [Project No. 2013069E10-1719-AA03], 2014 – 2019.
• International Forestry Cooperation Research, focusing on REDD+ under the new climate Regime. Funded by Korea Forest Service [Project No. 2018112A00-1820-BB01], 2018-2020.
• Creating Lands of opportunity: Transforming livelihoods through landscape restoration in the Sahel. Funded by IUCN-Ghana. 2022.
• Economic Sustainability of CREMAs on the Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project (GSLERP). Funded by UNDP. 2022.
• Assessment of the Youth in Plantation Establishment as an Occupation Project of the Forest Plantation Development Fund: Concept, Implementation and Lessons. Funded by Forest Plantation Development Board. 2022-2023
• Consultant to support safeguards data gathering for Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART)/The REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standard (TREES) in Ghana. Funded by Tropenbos Ghana 2022.
• Enhancing Access to Benefits while Lowering Emissions (EnaBLE) Baseline and Monitoring Approach in Ghana. Funded by the World Bank. 2022-2023
• Multi-stakeholder engagement for mangrove restoration and management in Ghana. Funded by CIFOR-ICRAF

Selected Publications:

• Oduro, K. A., Obeng, E. A., Abukari, H., Guuroh, R. T., Andoh, J., Mensah, E. S., ... &Louman, B. (2024). Local communities’ adaptation strategies for reducing vulnerabilities to climate change in cocoa-forest dominated landscapes in Ghana. GeoJournal, 89(2), 61.

• Damnyag, L., Tease, F., Bampoh, A. A., &Andoh, J. (2023). Application of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to Support Land Use Decision-Making in Ankasa Conservation Area, Ghana. Journal of Applied Life Sciences & Environment, 56(3).

• Andoh, J., Oduro, K.A., Park, J., & Lee, Y. (2022). Towards REDD+ implementation: Deforestation and forest degradation drivers, REDD+ financing, and readiness activities in participant countries. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 5:957550. DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.957550

• Andoh, J.,& Lee, Y. (2018). National REDD+ Strategy for Climate Change Mitigation: AReview and Comparison of Developing Countries. Sustainability, 10(12), 4781. DOI: 10.3390/su10124781.

• Andoh, J., & Lee, Y. (2018). Forest transition through reforestation policy integration: A comparative study between Ghana and the Republic of Korea. Forest Policy and Economics, 90, 12-21. DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2018.01.009.

• Andoh, J., Chang, J.B., & Lee, Y. (2018). Analyzing the effect of socio-economic factors on deforestation using an Environmental Kuznets Curve model. Korean Journal of Agricultural Economics, 59, 169-189. DOI: 10.24997/KJAE.2018.59.3.169.

• Kiyani, P., Andoh, J., Lee, Y., & Lee, D. K. (2017). Benefits and challenges of agroforestry adoption: a case of Musebeya sector, Nyamagabe District in southern province of Rwanda. Forest Science and Technology, 13(4), 174-180. DOI: 10.1080/21580103.2017.1392367.

• Owusu-Sekyere, J.D., Andoh, J.,& Nyarko, K. (2011). Climate Change and Crop Production in the Mfantseman Area of Ghana. J. Appl. Environ. Biol. Sci., 1, 134-141

• Obeng, E.A., Obiri, B.D., Oduro, K.A., Guuroh, R.T., Andoh, J., Acquah, S.B., Agyekum, C.K., Asamoah, A., 2022. Economic Sustainability of CREMAs on the Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project. GSLERP GHA.2022.152.RFP. Technical report submitted to Friends of Rural Growth, Ghana.

• Obeng, E.A., Obiri, B.D., Oduro, K.A., Guuroh, R.T., Acquah, S.B., Agyekum, C.K., Andoh, J., Asamoah, A., 2022. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Implemented Economic Opportunities for Rural Communities and Ecosystems. Technical Report Submitted to IUCN Ghana.

• Acquah, S.B., Guuroh, R.T., Oduro, K.A., Obiri, B.D., Opuni-Frimpong, E., Andoh, J.,Obeng, E.A., Agyekum, C.K., Akpalu, S., 2023. Assessment of deforestation and forest degradation in Community Resource Management Areas in the Northern Savanna Zone.

• Obeng, E.A., Oduro, K.A., Guuroh, R.T., Acquah, S.B., Andoh, J., Asamoah, A-G, 2022. Assessment of the youth in plantation establishment as an occupation project of the Forest Plantation Development Fund: Concept, Implementation and Lessons.

• Obeng, E.A., Andoh, J., Oduro, K.A., Obiri, B.D., Duah-Gyamfi, A. Guuroh, R.T., AduGyamfi A., 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., Adu-Gyamfi, A., 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).

Awards/Fellowships:

• 2027-2020: International Student Scholarship Award, Yeungnam University, South Korea
• 2015-2016: Korea Forest Promotion Institute Scholarship Award, South Korea. 

Affiliations:

• Member, FORNESSA
• Member, IUFRO
• Member, CSIR Research Staff Association