Project Team:
Oduro, K.A., Agyeman, V.K., Foli, E. & Damnyag, L.

Background
Th is project is preparing a major support component to Ghana’s Readiness Preparation Proposal (RPP) and aims at strengthening Ghana’s capacities to prevent and reduce deforestation and forest degradation and enhance carbon stocks (REDD+). It lays out the ground work for the development or enhancement of off -reserve production systems under REDD+ schemes, in line with e ort to reduce GHG emissions in forests. Th e present REDDES project is a preparatory step for an additional support component for the implementation of Ghana’s R-PP and is mainly concerned with developing a number of analytical works and the de finition of REDD+ pilots in off -reserve areas. Th e project

Project Team:
Oduro, K.A., Agyeman, V.K., Foli, E. & Damnyag, L.

Background
Th is project is preparing a major support component to Ghana’s Readiness Preparation Proposal (RPP) and aims at strengthening Ghana’s capacities to prevent and reduce deforestation and forest degradation and enhance carbon stocks (REDD+). It lays out the ground work for the development or enhancement of off -reserve production systems under REDD+ schemes, in line with e ort to reduce GHG emissions in forests. Th e present REDDES project is a preparatory step for an additional support component for the implementation of Ghana’s R-PP and is mainly concerned with developing a number of analytical works and the de finition of REDD+ pilots in off -reserve areas. Th e project

Project Team:
Anglaaere, L.C.N., Blay, D., Damnyag, L., Dabo, J., Owusu, S. and Manu, E.

Background
Th is project, which is sponsored by the Swiss Economic Cooperation Organization (SECO), is a continuation of a fi rst phase that focused on establishing biological baselines for Allanblackia (AB) within five communities in the Western Region. It involved an assessment of phenology of species (flowering, fruiting, fruit size and number of seeds per pod), regeneration and growth rates of the Allanblackia tree on farms and in the forest. Following a successful completion of this phase, a proposal was made for a second phase to move the AB programme forward and to, among other things, increase population of AB within the landscape. Th e project was consequently up-scaled to cover 8 communities in the Western Region.

Project Team:
Anglaaere, L.C.N., Blay, D., Damnyag, L., Dabo, J., Owusu, S. and Manu, E.

Background
Th is project, which is sponsored by the Swiss Economic Cooperation Organization (SECO), is a continuation of a fi rst phase that focused on establishing biological baselines for Allanblackia (AB) within five communities in the Western Region. It involved an assessment of phenology of species (flowering, fruiting, fruit size and number of seeds per pod), regeneration and growth rates of the Allanblackia tree on farms and in the forest. Following a successful completion of this phase, a proposal was made for a second phase to move the AB programme forward and to, among other things, increase population of AB within the landscape. Th e project was consequently up-scaled to cover 8 communities in the Western Region.

Project Team:
Anglaaere, L.C.N., Blay, D., Damnyag, L., Dabo, J., Owusu, S. and Manu, E.

Background
Th is project, which is sponsored by the Swiss Economic Cooperation Organization (SECO), is a continuation of a fi rst phase that focused on establishing biological baselines for Allanblackia (AB) within five communities in the Western Region. It involved an assessment of phenology of species (flowering, fruiting, fruit size and number of seeds per pod), regeneration and growth rates of the Allanblackia tree on farms and in the forest. Following a successful completion of this phase, a proposal was made for a second phase to move the AB programme forward and to, among other things, increase population of AB within the landscape. Th e project was consequently up-scaled to cover 8 communities in the Western Region.

Project Team:
Anglaaere, L.C.N., Blay, D., Damnyag, L., Dabo, J., Owusu, S. and Manu, E.

Background
Th is project, which is sponsored by the Swiss Economic Cooperation Organization (SECO), is a continuation of a fi rst phase that focused on establishing biological baselines for Allanblackia (AB) within five communities in the Western Region. It involved an assessment of phenology of species (flowering, fruiting, fruit size and number of seeds per pod), regeneration and growth rates of the Allanblackia tree on farms and in the forest. Following a successful completion of this phase, a proposal was made for a second phase to move the AB programme forward and to, among other things, increase population of AB within the landscape. Th e project was consequently up-scaled to cover 8 communities in the Western Region.

Project Team:
Adu-Bredu, S., Owusu-Afriyie, K., Duah-Gyamfi , A., Addo-Danso, S.D., Djagbletey,G.D., Amponsah Manu, E. and Adu-Opoku, A.

Collaborators:
School of Geography and the Environment, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford

Background
Tropical forests play a major role in the global carbon cycle, by storing a substantial amount of carbon in biomass and soil, and by regulating transfer of this stored carbon into the atmosphere as greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2).

Project Team:
Adu-Bredu, S., Owusu-Afriyie, K., Duah-Gyamfi , A., Addo-Danso, S.D., Djagbletey,G.D., Amponsah Manu, E. and Adu-Opoku, A.

Collaborators:
School of Geography and the Environment, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford

Background
Tropical forests play a major role in the global carbon cycle, by storing a substantial amount of carbon in biomass and soil, and by regulating transfer of this stored carbon into the atmosphere as greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2).

Project Team:
Adu-Bredu, S., Owusu-Afriyie, K., Duah-Gyamfi , A., Addo-Danso, S.D., Djagbletey,G.D., Amponsah Manu, E. and Adu-Opoku, A.

Collaborators:
School of Geography and the Environment, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford

Background
Tropical forests play a major role in the global carbon cycle, by storing a substantial amount of carbon in biomass and soil, and by regulating transfer of this stored carbon into the atmosphere as greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2).

Project Team:
Adu-Bredu, S., Owusu-Afriyie, K., Duah-Gyamfi , A., Addo-Danso, S.D., Djagbletey,G.D., Amponsah Manu, E. and Adu-Opoku, A.

Collaborators:
School of Geography and the Environment, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford

Background
Tropical forests play a major role in the global carbon cycle, by storing a substantial amount of carbon in biomass and soil, and by regulating transfer of this stored carbon into the atmosphere as greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2).