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Patterns and drivers of disturbance in tropical forest reserves of southern Ghana by Wanyama, Dan, Wimberly, Michael C, Mensah, Foster

“…Abstract Ghana has retained a substantial area of tropical forests in an extensive network of protected reserves. These forests are impacted by land uses such…”
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Classification and assessment of land cover and land use change in southern Ghana using dense stacks of Landsat 7 ETM+ imagery by Coulter, Lloyd L., Stow, Douglas A., Tsai, Yu-Hsin, Ibanez, Nicholas, Shih, Hsiao-chien, Kerr, Andrew, Benza, Magdalena, Weeks, John R., Mensah, Foster

“…Ghana is the focus of extensive economic development interest, and is undergoing a substantial increase in population from 5 million in 1950 to an estimated 50…”
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Monitoring forest cover change within different reserve types in southern Ghana by Tsai, Yu Hsin, Stow, Douglas A., López-Carr, David, Weeks, John R., Clarke, Keith C., Mensah, Foster

“…Rapid population and economic growth quickly degrade and deplete forest resources in many developing countries, even within protected areas. Monitoring forest…”
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Historical trends of degradation, loss, and recovery in the tropical forest reserves of Ghana by Wimberly, Michael C., Dwomoh, Francis K., Numata, Izaya, Mensah, Foster, Amoako, Jacob, Nekorchuk, Dawn M., McMahon, Andrea

“…The Upper Guinean Forest region of West Africa, a globally significant biodiversity hotspot, is among the driest and most human-impacted tropical ecosystems…”
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Modelling the effect of environmental disturbance on community structure and diversity of wetland vegetation in Northern Region of Ghana by Nsor, Collins Ayine, Antobre, Osei Owusu, Mohammed, Asaah Sumaila, Mensah, Foster

“…The substantial variations in the anatomy, physiology and life-history trait of wetland plants tend to limit their ability to tolerate environmental stressors…”
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Effects of workplace violence on the quality of care by nurses: A study of the Volta Region of Ghana by Agbornu, Foster Mensah Kofi, Boafo, Isaac Mensah, Ofei, Adelaide Maria Ansah

“…This study examined the incidence of workplace violence (WPV) against nurses and its effect on quality of care. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among…”
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Land Cover Mapping in West Africa: A Collaborative Process by Mensah, Foster, Mushtaq, Fatima, Bartel, Paul, Abramowitz, Jacob, Cherrington, Emil, Mahamane, Mansour, Mamane, Bako, Dieye, Amadou Moctar, Sanou, Patrice, Enaruvbe, Glory, Mar, Ndeye Fatou

“…The availability of current land cover and land use (LCLU) information for monitoring the status of land resources has considerable value in ensuring…”
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Framework for WASH Sector Data Improvements in Data-Poor Environments, Applied to Accra, Ghana by Koppelaar, Rembrandt H. E. M., Sule, May N., Kis, Zoltán, Mensah, Foster K., Wang, Xiaonan, Triantafyllidis, Charalampos, van Dam, Koen H., Shah, Nilay

“…Improvements in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) service provision are hampered by limited open data availability. This paper presents a data integration…”
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Differentiating oil palm plantations from natural forest to improve land cover mapping in Ghana by Abramowitz, Jacob, Cherrington, Emil, Griffin, Robert, Muench, Rebekke, Mensah, Foster

“…Tree crops like oil palm present a unique challenge in land cover mapping, as they are often misclassified as natural forest. The area cultivated with oil palm…”
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Inter-regional pattern of urbanization in southern Ghana in the first decade of the new millennium by Stow, Douglas A., Weeks, John R., Shih, Hsiao-chien, Coulter, Lloyd L., Johnson, Harry, Tsai, Yu-Hsin, Kerr, Andrew, Benza, Magdalena, Mensah, Foster

“…We analyze amounts and spatial patterns of land cover and land use change (LCLUC) and particularly change to Built for four contiguous regions of southern…”
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A Global Land Cover Training Dataset From 1984 to 2020 by Stanimirova, Radost, Tarrio, Katelyn, Turlej, Konrad, McAvoy, Kristina, Stonebrook, Sophia, Hu, Kai-Ting, Arévalo, Paulo, Bullock, Eric L, Zhang, Yingtong, Woodcock, Curtis E., Olofsson, Pontus, Zhu, Zhe, Barber, Christopher P, Jr, Carlos M Souza, Chen, Shijuan, Wang, Jonathan A, Mensah, Foster, Calderón-Loor, Marco, Hadjikakou, Michalis, Bryan, Brett A, Graesser, Jordan, Beyene, Dereje L, Mutasha, Brian, Siame, Sylvester, Siampale, Abel, Friedl, Mark A

“…State-of-the-art cloud computing platforms such as Google Earth Engine (GEE) enable regional-to-global land cover and land cover change mapping with machine…”
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Developing capacity for impactful use of Earth Observation data: Lessons from the AfriCultuReS project by Pritchard, Rose, Alexandridis, Thomas, Amponsah, Mary, Ben Khatra, Nabil, Brockington, Dan, Chiconela, Tomás, Ortuño Castillo, Jesús, Garba, Issa, Gómez-Giménez, Marta, Haile, Menghestab, Kagoyire, Clarisse, Kganyago, Mahlatse, Kleine, Dorothea, Korme, Tesfaye, Manni, Alemu A., Mashiyi, Nosiseko, Massninga, Jadwiga, Mensah, Foster, Mugabowindekwe, Maurice, Meta, Vivianne, Noort, Mark, Pérez Ramirez, Patricia, Suárez Beltrán, Juan, Zoungrana, Evence

“…An increasing number of products and services based on satellite Earth Observation (EO) data are being developed for use by decision-makers in African…”
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A Sentinel-1 Based Fast and Unsupervised Flood Mapping and Monitoring Service for Upper East Ghana by Cherif, Ines, Ovakoglou, Georgios, Alexandridis, Thomas K., Mensah, Foster

“…Floods are among the most common disasters and natural hazards in the world, affecting human lives and causing severe economic damage. They are mainly due to…”
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