Prof. Emmanuel Acquah is an Associate Professor in the Department of Forest Resources Technology at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He holds PhD. Geography (Ecotourism and Protected Areas Management) from University of Victoria, BC Canada. His research interests span several areas including, ecotourism development, protected areas management, visitor planning and management, biodiversity conservation, vegetation analysis, human-wildlife interactions, PA-Adjacent communities' livelihood issues, and climate change impacts on rural communities.