Postdoctoral ResearcherDepartment of Geography, McGill University, Canada
Samuel Adeyanju, PhD
I study how conservation and carbon projects create benefits and trade-offs for rural communities in West Africa.
A human-environment social scientist working on community-based conservation, rural livelihoods, and carbon markets in Ghana and Nigeria. I am part of the Ecosystem Policy & People research group led by Dr. Brian E. Robinson.
Research
From sacred groves to carbon markets
Do carbon market social safeguards hold up in practice?
Comparing what forest carbon projects in West Africa promise communities with what independent audits find.
Livelihood interventions in Ghana’s Community Resource Management Areas
Who benefits from community conservation programs, with a focus on women in the shea value chain.
Sacred groves and biodiversity in Nigeria
How customary institutions and state management together protect sacred forests.
Vanier Scholar/Killam Scholar/Mastercard Foundation Scholar
Publications
Recent work
- 2026Environmental, economic, and sociocultural outcomes of Community Resource Management Areas (CREMA) in Ghana: A systematic reviewFrontiers in Forests and Global Change
- 2026Evaluating socioeconomic and equity outcomes in livelihood interventions: Insights from CREMAs in northern GhanaCurrent Research in Environmental Sustainability
- 2026
Talks
Recently presented
National Sustainability Society, 2025Notre Dame · Shea value chain findings
International Congress for Conservation Biology, 2025Brisbane · Livelihood interventions in CREMAs
IUFRO World Congress, 2024Stockholm · Two poster presentations
Contact
Get in touch
I welcome conversations about research collaboration, impact evaluation, and safeguards work with conservation and climate organizations.
samuel.adeyanju@mcgill.ca