MAPPING TREE COVER DENSITY TO ASSESS WOODLAND DEGRADATION BY CHARCOAL PRODUCTION IN THE SAVANNA REGION OF GHANA


Foster Kwame Mensah1, Stella Ofori-Ampofo1, Michael C Wimberly2 and Izaya Numata3, (1)Center for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services (CERSGIS), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, (2)University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, United States, (3)South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, United States