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Webinar 13 | Role of Ghanaian Tropical Forest in Greenhouse Gas Exchange and Carbon Sequestration

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African tropical forests represent specific forest biogeocenosis, differing both physiologically and ecologically from other tropical forests. The climatic function of a typical African tropical forest is very important, as they affect the mesoclimate of the nearby area by increasing evapotranspiration and the cooling effect. However, few studies on greenhouse gas (GHG) measurements over forest ecosystems have been conducted in Africa, despite the significant role that African tropical forests play in global carbon sequestration. Thus, the establishment of an eddy covariance (EC) experimental station in the Bia Tano forest reserve within the Ahafo region of Ghana, will provide a direct and accurate means to measure carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapour (H2O) exchange between a typical African tropical forest ecosystem and the atmosphere with its dynamic response to environmental variables. Results from this project will be crucial in the formulation and implementation of climate change mitigation and adaptative strategies/policies by both governmental and non-governmental institutions.
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