NEMAS Consult Limited

PROF. FRANCIS GBOGBO

Mammal Ecologist

Prof Francis Gbogbo holds a First Class BSc. Zoology Degree from the University of Ghana, an MSc. Environmental Science from the University of Strathclyde, and a PhD in Wildlife and Range Management from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
From an Assistant Lecturer position at the University of Ghana in 2002, he rose to the rank of Associate Professor in 2016. Prof Gbogbo is a Biodiversity and Environmental specialist with over 20 years of university teaching, research and environmental consultancy. His experience in Environmental Consultancy has largely focused on general faunal surveys including mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. Prof. Gbobgo has worked on several organizations where ESIA reports of many projects in the Mining, Railway, Oil and Gas, Irrigation and Road sectors. Some of the projects he was involved in were carried out for Iduaprim Mines of the AngloGold Ashanti, Chirano Gold Mines, Tullow Oil Plc Ghana, as well as, in other key biodiversity conservation areas such as Subri River Reserve Key Biodiversity Area, the Weto Range. Prof Gbogbo has also been involved in environmental decision-making within the governmental, non-governmental and academic spaces at national levels. His experience in nature conservation includes his involvement in the development of Action Plans for additional protocols on the Abidjan Convention, and engaging Stakeholders Support for the Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme in Ghana.