Ms. Ashong is the Director of Natural Resources at the Environmental Protection Agency in Ghana. She is responsible for wetlands management, protected areas and other biodiversity issues in the Ghanian Environmental Protection Agency. She also manages and coordinates the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme in Ghana and represents the Environmental Protection Agency in national and international task forces relating to the management of wetlands including Wetlands of International Importance, and is a member of the International Advisory Committee on Biosphere Reserves. She has extensive experience in protected area management, wetland ecology, environmental education and community mobilization, youth and women’s empowerment.
