Bertrand Festus Nero
The researcher's work centers on the intersection of land use and ecosystem services, particularly examining urban green spaces as key drivers for beneficial environmental outcomes. Through interdisciplinary studies combining plant biology, soil science, and social sciences, the researcher investigates how ecosystems can be managed to enhance carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, and soil health. Their approach integrates microbial bioremediation techniques with plant species responses, aiming to address challenges in agricultural, hydrological, and environmental management in African contexts. The research highlights the role of urban green spaces in fostering these ecological services while exploring their ecological, social, and economic dimensions.
Faculty Biography
Dr. B. F. Nero is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Forest Resources Technology with expertise in plantation forestry (restoration ecology), forest soil management, urban ecosystem management, climate change mitigation and adaptation and biodiversity conservation. He conducts research on a wide range of contemporary issues at the interface of science and society. His research adopts inter and transdisciplinary approaches to address complex demand driven, science centred, and problem oriented questions. His research scope encompasses temperate and tropical landscapes as well as a range of ecological systems including wetlands, forests, mine spoils, grasslands/savannahs and human settlements (particularly urban ecosystems).
African Botany and Ecology Studies
Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Forest ecology and management
Heavy metals in environment
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
Mine drainage and remediation techniques
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Seedling growth and survival studies
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Urban Green Space and Health
Urban biodiversity, ecosystem services and the effects of climate change in urban environments: a bibliometric review
Open AccessWoody and Herbaceous Species Diversity Respond Differently to Environmental Variables in Semiarid Areas in Ghana
Open AccessTeak (<i>Tectona grandis</i>) Plantations Growth Response to N‐P‐K Fertilizer and Thinning in Tain II Forest Reserve, Ghana
Open AccessWoody and herbaceous species diversity respond differently to environmental variables in drylands in Ghana
Carbon storage and tree species diversity of urban parks in Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessWe have the laws but how is our environment? The disconnect between Ghana’s environmental commitments and institutional capacity to manage urban floods and wetlands
Potential toxic elements accumulation in soils and parts of palm (Elaeis guineensis) growing on reclaimed tailings and mined spoils in southwestern Ghana
Effects of thinning on growth performance of teak (<i>Tectona grandis</i>) plantations in Tain II Forest Reserve, Ghana
Open AccessMine Wastewater Treatment Using Cassia fistula Plant Parts as Bio-coagulants
Topography alters stand structure, carbon stocks and understorey species composition of Cedrela odorata plantation, in a semi-deciduous forest zone, Ghana
Open AccessStructure, composition and diversity of restored forest ecosystems on mine-spoils in South-Western Ghana
Open AccessPhytoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils with two plant species: <i>Jatropha curcas</i> and <i>Vetiveria zizanioides</i> at Ghana Manganese Company Ltd
Increasing Urbanisation and the Role of Green Spaces in Urban Climate Resilience in Africa
Open AccessWoody species and trait diversity-functional relations of green spaces in Kumasi, Ghana
Tree Species Diversity and Socioeconomic Perspectives of the Urban (Food) Forest of Accra, Ghana
Open AccessStructure, Diversity, and Carbon Stocks of the Tree Community of Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessBiomass-Based Innovations in Demand Driven Research and Development Projects in Africa
Open AccessTree Species Diversity and Socio-economic Perspectives of the Urban (Food) Forest of Accra, Ghana
Open AccessVariations in soil characteristics among urban green spaces in Kumasi, Ghana
Urban green space dynamics and socio-environmental inequity: multi-resolution and spatiotemporal data analysis of Kumasi, Ghana
Urban green spaces enhance carbon sequestration and conserve biodiversity in cities of the Global South
Urban Green Spaces Enhance Climate Change Mitigation in Cities of the Global South: The Case of Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessTree and Trait Diversity, Species Coexistence, and Diversity-functional Relations of Green Spaces in Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessUrban Green Space Dynamics and Distributional Equity in Kumasi, Ghana
Carbon sequestration resulting from bottomland hardwood afforestation in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley.
Soil depth constrains whether evapotranspiration contrasts between vegetation types
Department of Forest Resources Technology
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology