Dorcas Peggy Somuah is a lecturer at the Department of Forest Resources Technology of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. She is a graduate of KNUST (BSc), University of Greenwich, (MSc) and University of Amsterdam (PhD). Her teaching and research work focus on major topics in Forest Governance and Inclusive Development, Participatory Geographic Information Systems, Collaborative Forest Management and Indigenous Knowledge in Resource Management.