Expertise
Ecosystem Services Valuation, Forest and Livelihood dimensions, Environmental Resource Management and Agroecological issues
Research grade
Senior Research Scientist
Institution information
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (CSIR-FORIG)
P. O. Box 63 KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.
Educational background
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YEAR |
CERTIFICATE |
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2017 |
PhD in Natural Resources (Forest Resource Economics and Policy), University of Missouri, Columbia, USA |
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2005 |
MSc Sustainable Resource Management, Technical University of Munich, Germany |
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2003 |
BSc Agriculture (Economics and Farm Management), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana |
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1997 |
Senior Secondary School Certificate (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), St. Roses Secondary School, Akwatia, Ghana |
Featured publications
- Darko Obiri, B, Obeng, EA, Nunoo, I, Peprah, T. and Opuni Frimpong, E. 2018. Financial analysis of fuelwood production from woodlots in the Savanna Transition Zone of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Forestry, 34 (1), 58-72.
- Aguilar, F.X., Obeng, E.A., & Cai, Z. 2018. Water quality improvements elicit consistent willingness-to-pay for the enhancement of forested watershed ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services, 30, 158-171
- , E.A. Aguilar, F.X. and McCann L.M. 2018. Payments for forest ecosystem services: a look at neglected existence values, the free-rider problem and beneficiaries’ willingness to pay. International Forestry Review 20(2), 2018
- , E.A. and Aguilar, F.X. 2018. Value orientation and payment for ecosystem services: Perceived detrimental consequences lead to willingness-to-pay for ecosystem services. Journal of Environmental Management 206C (2018): 458-471.
- Dumenu, W.K. and Obeng, E.A. 2016. Climate change and rural communities in Ghana: Social vulnerability, impacts, adaptations and policy implications. Environmental Science & Policy 55: 208-217.
- , E.A. and Aguilar, F.X. 2015. Marginal effects on biodiversity, carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling of transitions from tropical forests to cacao farming systems. Agroforestry Systems 89 (1): 19-35.
- , E.A. and Weber, M. 2014. Socio-economic factors affecting agroforestry adoption by smallholder farmers in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Forestry 30 (1): 43-60.
- Obiri, B.D., Agyeman, V.K., Kyereh, B., Nutakor, E., Obeng, E.A., Agyeman, A. and Acquah, S.B. 2011. Perception and participation of local communities in tree planting initiatives in northern Ghana. Ghana Journal of Forestry 27 (3): 80-93.
- Obeng, E.A., Kobina, J.K. and Pentsil, S. 2011. Carving out indigenous tree species to sustain rural livelihood. Ghana Journal of Forestry 27 (2): 85-96.
- E.A. Marfo, E., Nelson, O., and Nantwi, G.B. 2014. Assessment of the Effectiveness of Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands, ISBN: 978-90-5113-117-8, 82pp.
- Obiri, B.D., Nunoo, I., Obeng, E.A., Owusu, F.W. and Marfo, E. 2014. The charcoal industry in Ghana: An alternative livelihood option for displaced illegal chanisaw lumber producers. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands, ISBN: 978-90-5113-122-2, 132pp.
- Beeko, C., Oduro, K.A. and Obeng, E.A. 2014. Development assistance in the forestry sector: impacts over the last two decades and implications for the future. CSIR-FORIG, Kumasi, Ghana. ISBN: 978-9988-2-0206-4, xii+42pp.
Contact information
Email: eobeng@csir-forig.org.gh
Tel: +233249166087