Haruna Abukari (PhD)

Conservation Social Scientist & Board Member

Dr. Haruna Abukari is a Lecturer at the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Management, University for Development Studies. He holds a PhD in Natural Resources Assessment and Management from the University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. His research interest is on human dimensions of wildlife management. Specifically, his research focuses on factors that engender positive attitudes towards wildlife/biodiversity conservation in Africa.

Grants & Awards

Trans-disciplinary Training for Resource Efficiency and Climate Change Adaptation in Africa II Intra-ACP (TRECCAFRICA II) Scholarship Winner, PhD position, 2015 – 2018.

Bio Bridge Initiative (BBI) Small-Scale Funding from the Convention on Biological Diversity of the United Nations, 2022 – to date

Selected Publications

Obiri, B.D., Abukari, H., Oduro, K.A., Quartey, R., Dawoe, L., Twintoh, J. J. & Opuni-Frimpong, E. (2022). Rosewood (Pterocarpus erinaceus) as a de facto forest common for local communities in Ghana. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation, 14(1): 1-13. DOI: 10.5897/IJBC2021.1512

Addo-Danso, S. D., Guuroh, R. T., Oduro, K. A., Abukari, A. and Foli, E. G. (2020). Forest Landscape Restoration Implementation in Ghana as a Socioeconomic Opportunity. In Severino R. R. Pinto, S. R. R., Fabiane C. Santos, F. C. and Prescott, C. E. (Eds.) Forest Landscape Restoration and Social Opportunities in the Tropical World. Brazil: Centro de Pesquisas Ambientais do Nordeste – CEPAN. Pp 30 – 51.

Kankam, B. O. and Abukari, H. (2020). Predicting residents’ intention to conserve the hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) in the Birem North District, Ghana, Heliyon, 6, 1 – 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04966

Oduro K.A., E. A. Obeng, M. Seidu, G. Asomaning and H. Abukari. (2020). The public procurement policy on timber and timber products and supply of legal wood to the domestic market. Nature and Development Foundation and Tropenbos International, Kumasi, Ghana.

Oduro, K. A., Damnyag, L. Abukari, H., Abbey, Obeng, E. A. & Foli, E. G. (2020). Livelihood assets and predicted effects of REDD+ implementation in farming communities in the transition and high forest zones of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Forestry, 36(1): 34 – 57

Abukari, H. & Mwalyosi, R. B. (2020). Local communities’ perceptions about the impact of protected areas on livelihoods and community development. Global Ecology and Conservation, 22, 1 -12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00909

Oduro, K. A., Obeng, E. A., Abukari, H. & Pentsil, S. (2020). Bamboo policy integration, Ghana. INBAR Working Paper No. 83

Obeng, E. A., Oduro, K. A., Obiri, B. O., Abukari, H., Guuroh, R. T. Djagbletey, G. D., Joseph Appiah-Korang, J. & Appiah, M. (2019). Impact of illegal mining activities on forest ecosystem services: local communities’ attitudes and willingness to participate in restorationactivities in Ghana. Heliyon, 5, 1 – 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02617

Abukari, H. & Mwalyosi, R. B. (2018). Comparing pressures on national parks in Ghana and Tanzania: The case of Mole and Tarangire National Parks. Global Ecology and Conservation 15, 1 -13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gescco.2018.e00405

Abukari, H. & Mwalyosi, R. B. (2018). Comparing Conservation Attitudes of Park-Adjacent Communities: The Case of Mole National Park in Ghana and Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. Tropical Conservation Science, 11, 1–14. DOI: 10.1177/1940082918802757