Abigail Addo-Danso

MSc
abigailaddodanso @ yahoo.com

Project

Exploring incentives for large scale bamboo plantations in Ghana

Themes

Sustainable forest management, non-timber forest products

Interests

Topics and issues in Social Forestry, Forest Entomology and Forest Ecology. Ministering in songs at church

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Academic qualifications

2009 MSc, Land Management (Ecological Conservation option), Cranfield University, United Kingdom

2007 BSc Natural Resources Management (Silviculture and Forest Management option), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Research Experience

2007 – 2008 Research Assistant, Department of Silviculture and Forest Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Professional Experience

2010 Project Officer, Development of Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Non-legally Binding Instrument (NLBI) on all Forest Types in Ghana

2009 Team Member, Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA) Constitution Project

Teaching Experience

2007 – 2008 Teaching Assistant, Department of Silviculture and Forest Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Awards, Grants and Scholarships

2015 Faculty of Forestry Graduate Award

2008 – 2009 Commonwealth Scholar

Poster presentations

Asare, A. 2009. Potential Use of Hedgerows for Erosion Control in Bedfordshire, Cranfield University, United Kingdom

Publications

Addo-Danso, A. 2012. Margaritaria discoidea (Bail.) In: Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Louppe, D., Oteng-Amoako, A.A. (Editors). Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 7(2). Timbers 2. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen, Netherlands/CTA, Wageningen, Netherlands, pp. 454-456.

Addo-Danso, A. 2012. Scottellia klaineana (Pierre). In: Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Louppe, D., Oteng-Amoako, A.A. (Editors). Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 7(2). Timbers 2. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen, Netherlands/CTA, Wageningen, Netherlands, pp.579-582

Agyeman, V.K., Fumey-Nassah, V., Derkyi, M., Addo-Danso, A. 2010. Development of Monitoring and Evaluation System for Non-legally Binding Instrument (NLBI) on all Forest Types in Ghana. Final Report submitted to the FAO and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, pp/141