TBI Ghana has instituted periodic seminars in collaboration with Renewable Natural Resources Students’ Association (RENARSA) of the Kwame Nkrumah University and Science and Technology (KNUST) with the approval of the Faculty.  At least one seminar is planned for each academic semester. The maiden seminar was held on November 4, 2009 at the Lecture Theater of the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resource, KNUST. Over 300 students and teachers participated.

This arrangement is to fill information gaps in the field of Natural Resource Management (NRM). NRM students in higher learning institutions in Ghana often lack relevant and/or up-to-date information.  This emanates partly from poor teacher-student ratio, low teacher motivation and curricula which have not been updated to meet new demands imposed by changing emphasis in forestry practice. TBI Ghana has the capacity to alleviate these problems.

For over eight years of its operation, TBI Ghana has done much in the field of knowledge generation and dissemination, capacity building and the provision of space for multi-stakeholder dialogue in NRM with special focus on forestry. Regular target groups have been policy makers, forest managers and forest users but not students. Though, the programme provides platforms for building capacity of students and small grants for assisting their field work, these benefits have been enjoyed by a privileged few due to budgetary constraints.

TBI Ghana has recognized though that a more innovative way for broad, active, students’ engagement would be to disseminate relevant knowledge that the programme has at its disposal. Such information would augment what students receive during regular teaching and learning and also update any knowledge they may have acquired through reading. The next seminar is expected to take place in February 2010.