Ghana - Canada IN CONCERT* Program
(CIDA tier 1)

*Initiatives for Conservation in Northern Communities: Entrepreneurship, Resources and Training

Land Use Planning with GIS and Remote Sensing Tools:

• Land cover descriptions
• Historical comparisons
• Erosion and flooding risk evaluations
• Land pressure assessments
• GIS / RS lab installations
• Modern techniques
• Survey Standards
• Training
• Adoption of local data and expertise

TEK and Small Scale Business Opportunities:

• Strong focus on women
• Community centred
• Non-timber forest products
• Considerations for intellectual property rights
• New and traditional methods
• Documentation
• Marketing
• Training

Professional Training:

• Focus groups - partner institution, faculty and staff
• Silviculture
• Biometrics and statistics
• Agroforestry
• Nursery management
• GIS / GPS / Remote Sensing
• Small-scale business
• Modern in-country training facilities

Student Work and Study Exchanges:

• Exchange to and from Ghana for undergraduate and graduate students
• Work exposeure to local conditions
• Academic study with community forestry, agroforestry and land management focus
• Interaction with public school teachers and students

Community Forestry:

• Six productive nurseries
• Plantations and contact farmers
• agroforestry activities
• strong community involvement
• strong emphasis on women

Materials Production:

• Manuals and thesis
• Maps and reports
• image and photo database

Partners:

• Lakehead University (Lead University)
• University of Guelph
• Kwame Nikrumah University of Science and Technology
• University of Ghana
• Forest Services Division (Ministry of Lands and Forests)

For More Information, please contact:

Dr. Ulf Runesson
Associate Professor and Chair, HBScF Program
ulf.runesson@lakeheadu.ca
(807) 343-8784

Dr. John Naysmith
Professor Emeritus
john.naysmith@lakeheadu.ca
(807) 343-8117