Osei Owusu Antobre
Department of Forest Resources TechnologyPhysical SciencesSocial SciencesLife Sciences

Osei Owusu Antobre

13 Publications11 Research Themes10 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher has a comprehensive research focus encompassing diverse areas of ecological and environmental science, with themes ranging from mining impacts on communities to biodiversity conservation. Their work integrates ecological processes across different terrains, aiming to address both environmental challenges and social issues through a scientific approach.

Faculty Biography

Osei Owusu Antobre is a senior lecturer at the Department of Forest Resources Technology of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. He is a graduate of KNUST (BSc & (MSc). His teaching and research work focus on major topics in Natural resource surveys, Participatory Geographic Information Systems, Forest Management and Forest Inventory.

Key Research Themes (11)
Physical Sciences

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Social Sciences

Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research

Physical Sciences

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Life Sciences

Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Physical Sciences

Forest ecology and management

Physical Sciences

Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

Physical Sciences

Geotechnical and construction materials studies

Life Sciences

Land Rights and Reforms

Physical Sciences

Mining and Gasification Technologies

Physical Sciences

Mining and Resource Management

Physical Sciences

Species Distribution and Climate Change

Publications (13)

Disturbances shape the tree community in Ghana's Mole National Park

Open Access
2025Species Distribution and Climate ChangeDOI: 10.5141/jee.25.036

Rehabilitation of loading bays after selective logging at the Pra-Anum forest reserve, Ghana

Open Access
2025Geotechnical and construction materials studiesDOI: 10.24294/sf11499

Cocoa eats the food: can land-sparing save farmers’ food self-sufficiency in Ghana?

2025Land Rights and ReformsDOI: 10.1007/s10708-025-11340-6

Understanding Visitor Experiences and Motivations Through an Importance-Satisfaction Analysis of a Protected Area in Ghana

2024Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchDOI: 10.1080/21568316.2024.2365380

Forest recovery on skid trails and felling gaps following post-decadal selective logging in a moist semi-deciduous forest in Ghana

Open Access
2021Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementDOI: 10.1016/j.tfp.2021.100152

An analysis of illegal mining on the Offin shelterbelt forest reserve, Ghana: Implications on community livelihood

Open Access
2021Mining and Resource ManagementDOI: 10.46873/2300-3960.1205

Spatiotemporal dynamics of terrestrial invertebrate assemblages in the riparian zone of the Wewe river, Ashanti region, Ghana

Open Access
2020Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecologyDOI: 10.1515/biol-2020-0037

Modelling the effect of environmental disturbance on community structure and diversity of wetland vegetation in Northern Region of Ghana

2019Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesDOI: 10.1007/s10452-019-09677-5

Fish Community Assemblages of Mining-Impacted Freshwaters at Prestea, Ghana

Open Access
2018Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesDOI: 10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i1249

Assessing the Potential Ecological Risks of a 12-Year Old Reclaimed Post-Mined Site for Agricultural Land-Use

Open Access
2018Mining and Gasification TechnologiesDOI: 10.9734/cjast/2017/39456

Floral diversity and carbon stocks and of protected forest ecosystem: A case of UENR’s Bat Sanctuary, Sunyani, Ghana

Open Access
2017Forest ecology and managementDOI: 10.4236/ojf.2018.81003

Conventional and Indigenous Biodiversity Conservation Approach: A Comparative Study of Jachie Sacred Grove and Nkrabea Forest Reserve

Open Access
2017Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesDOI: 10.1155/2017/1721024

An analysis of illegal mining on the Offin shelterbelt forest reserve, Ghana: Implications on community livelihood

Open Access
2016Mining and Resource ManagementDOI: 10.1016/j.jsm.2016.12.001
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Forest Resources Technology
Total Publications13
Research Themes11
Open Access Papers10

Department of Forest Resources Technology

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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