s:1111:"%T The modified taungya system in Ghana’s transitional zone 
%A Kalame, F.B. 
%X This article is based on a study conducted in communities in three forest reserves in the  offinso Forest District, which crosses the ashanti and brong-ahafo regions of Ghana. These communities include adaa, in opro  forest reserve; nkwaankwaa and asempaneye, in afram  forest reserve; and anhwerekrom in asufuo forest reserve.  The brong-ahafo region is located between the central and  northern parts of Ghana. in this transition zone, forest is  quickly becoming wooded lands due to climatic factors such  as increasing temperatures and decreasing precipitation,  which result in frequent forest fires and drought events.  non-climate drivers include increasing deforestation  activities — logging, charcoal production, expansion of  agricultural lands and mining activities — which leads to  forest degradation and desertification. ashanti region has more degraded forest, although  reforestation activities under mTs have slowed the gradual but constant southward  change in vegetation from forest to wooded lands. 
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