10 Ghanaian institutions receive GH¢7m Canadian grant to train scholars, restore degraded environments

The five-year partnership with Lakehead University in Canada will involve training 36 Ghanaians in wood science and technology, remote sensing and geomatics, ecological remediation, and forestry.

Justice Eshun, the head of the Forestry Department at Samartex, says the company will take advantage of the partnership to research tree species “As a company, we are always looking to develop the lesser-used species.

The public universities benefiting from the partnership include the University of Ghana, KNUST, Cape Coast University, UDS, the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), and the CSIR College of Science and Technology.