Faculty: Forestry
Program: Master of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Year: 2018
Country: Ghana
Emmanuel recently graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Management as the best student in his Faculty and received the Youth Excellence League (YEL) Award from the Beige Foundation through Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Throughout Emmanuel’s study, he availed himself to teach colleagues who found it difficult to understand coursework and volunteered to teach and mentor young students in his community to help them excel in their academic work. His undergraduate research concentrated on how forest plant biomass could be used to improve crop growth and yield, and improve soils in small-holder farms in fringe communities of KNUST. Emmanuel participated keenly in community outreaches on sustainable forest and natural resources management, educating people on climate change, food security, ecosystem and biodiversity conservation. His career goals are geared toward forest and natural resource conservation and education, environmental research and lecturing. Fulfilling these goals would enable him to carry out independent scientific and technical research and assessments on forests and natural resources, and propose sustainable solutions to ecosystems and biodiversity problems in Ghana and other developing countries.
Emmanuel strongly believes pursuing the Master of Science in Forestry program will equip him with the requisite knowledge, skills and expertise, and nurture him into the research scientist and lecturer he aspires to be. He is confident it will further enhance his competence in the development and implementation of sustainable, scientifically based strategies for forest and natural resources management.