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Lawrence Damnyag holds a Ph.D. in Forest Science-Forest Economics from the University of Eastern Finland, Finland. He is a principal scientist at the CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana and a senior lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He has over 25 years of experience in research, working with farmers in Africa in livelihood improvement and forest conservation; university teaching; and supervision of theses at the postgraduate level. The graduate courses he teaches include i) Natural Resource and Environmental Economics and ii) Ecosystem Services Valuation and Governance. His research focused on i) agriculture, and forest resources valuation, ii) development of decision support tools for forest resources management, iii) working with farming communities to foster low carbon, and forest restoration, iv) Economic modeling of agroforestry/forestry systems, v) Agricultural/forest investment appraisals, International Forest Policy, and Carbon Finance and Marketing. His publications have recorded 1367 citations in Google Scholar as at 19-02-2026
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Publications (4)
- Assessing tree-level lumber value in smallholder plantations in Ghana using the modified Taungya system Save
- APPLICATION OF MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS TO SUPPORT LAND USE DECISION-MAKING IN ANKASA CONSERVATION AREA, GHANA Save
- Farmers’ Forest Values and Preferences for Strategies for Managing Smallholder Forest Plantations Established on State Reserve Lands, Ghana Save
- Factors influencing climate change adaptation strategies in North-Western Ghana: evidence of farmers in the Black Volta Basin in Upper West region Save