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Kakum
Natioanl Park & Assin Attadanso Resource
Reserve
Kakum and the Assin Attandanso
reserves constitute a twin National Park and Resource
Reserve. It was gazetted in 1991 and covers an area of
about 350 km2 of the moist evergreen forest zone. The
emergent trees are exceptionally high with some reaching
65 meters. The reserve has a varied wildlife with some
40 species of larger mammals, including elerpahnats,
bongo, red riverhog, seven primates and four squirrels.
Bird life is also varied. About 200 species are known to
occur in the reserve and include 5 hornbil species,
frazer-eagle owl, African grey and Senegal parrots. To
date, over 400 species butterflies have been recorded.
The Kakum National Park is about the most developed and
subscribed eco-tourism site among the wildlife
conservation areas.
Nini Suhien
National Park & Ankasa Resource
Reserve
Nini Suhien National Park and Ankasa
Resources Reserve are twin Wildlife Protected Areas that
are located in the wet evergreen forest area of the
Western Region of Ghana. These areas are so rich in
biodiversity that about 300 species of plants have been
recorded in a single hectare. The areas are largely
unexplored but 43 mammal species including the bongo,
forest elephant, 10 primate species including the
endangered Dina monkey and the West African chimpanzee
have been recorded. Bird fauna is also rich. The
reserves offer very good example of the west evergreen
forest to the prospective tourist.
The Mole national
This park was established in 1958 and
re-designated a National Park in 1971. It covers an area
of 4,840 km2of undulating terrain with steep scarps. The
vegetation is pristine Guinea savanna with gallery
forests along the rivers and streams. The Park has over
90 mammal species notably elephants, buffalo, roan, kob,
hartebeest, waterbuck and 4 primate species. Lion,
leopard and hyena also occur and over 300 bird species
have been recorded.
Paga Crocodile Pond
whose outsized, ragged-toothed residents
have been held sacred ever since the village was founded
in 1670
Boabeng - Fiema
Monkey Sanctuary
Boaben-Fiema Monkey
Sanctuary is a community based Sanctuary located at
Boaben and Fiema a twin community in the Nkoranza
district of Brong Ahafo Region. The sanctuary protects
the headwaters of the streams that are consumed in the
locality. it has a good number of the Black and White
Colobus, Mona, spot nosed monkeys and a variety of
birds. The monkeys in the reserve are regarded as the
children of the gods of the community; therefore they
are neither hunted nor killed. A system of traditional
taboos and their community enforcement protected the
monkeys for generations.
Recent affluence and behalf
patterns, coupled with weakening of traditional
enforcement of the sanctions associated with the taboo
systems however threatened the continued survival of the
monkeys. The situation created the need to offer
statutory legal instruments to strengthen the
traditional protection of the animals. Consequently, the
local people were assisted to constitute the reserve
under district Assembly byelaws which they are being
assisted by the Wildlife Department to enforce.
It is the first protected area where local
indigenous protection system has been given statutory
back-up enforcement of traditional/indigenous protection
of wildlife in the country. The reserve is quite
accessible by road and has a modest resthouse
facility.
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Kakum and the Assin Attandanso reserves constitute a twin National Park and Resource Reserve. It was gazetted in 1991 and covers an area of about 350 km2 of the moist evergreen forest zone. The emergent trees are exceptionally high with some reaching 65 meters. The reserve has a varied wildlife with some 40 species of larger mammals, including elerpahnats, bongo, red riverhog, seven primates and four squirrels. Bird life is also varied. About 200 species are known to occur in the reserve and include 5 hornbil species, frazer-eagle owl, African grey and Senegal parrots. To date, over 400 species butterflies have been recorded. The Kakum National Park is about the most developed and subscribed eco-tourism site among the wildlife conservation areas.
Nini Suhien National Park & Ankasa Resource Reserve
Nini Suhien National Park and Ankasa Resources Reserve are twin Wildlife Protected Areas that are located in the wet evergreen forest area of the Western Region of Ghana. These areas are so rich in biodiversity that about 300 species of plants have been recorded in a single hectare. The areas are largely unexplored but 43 mammal species including the bongo, forest elephant, 10 primate species including the endangered Dina monkey and the West African chimpanzee have been recorded. Bird fauna is also rich. The reserves offer very good example of the west evergreen forest to the prospective tourist.
The Mole national
This park was established in 1958 and re-designated a National Park in 1971. It covers an area of 4,840 km2of undulating terrain with steep scarps. The vegetation is pristine Guinea savanna with gallery forests along the rivers and streams. The Park has over 90 mammal species notably elephants, buffalo, roan, kob, hartebeest, waterbuck and 4 primate species. Lion, leopard and hyena also occur and over 300 bird species have been recorded.
Paga Crocodile Pond
whose outsized, ragged-toothed residents have been held sacred ever since the village was founded in 1670
Boabeng - Fiema Monkey Sanctuary
Boaben-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary is a community based Sanctuary located at Boaben and Fiema a twin community in the Nkoranza district of Brong Ahafo Region. The sanctuary protects the headwaters of the streams that are consumed in the locality. it has a good number of the Black and White Colobus, Mona, spot nosed monkeys and a variety of birds. The monkeys in the reserve are regarded as the children of the gods of the community; therefore they are neither hunted nor killed. A system of traditional taboos and their community enforcement protected the monkeys for generations.
Recent affluence and behalf patterns, coupled with weakening of traditional enforcement of the sanctions associated with the taboo systems however threatened the continued survival of the monkeys. The situation created the need to offer statutory legal instruments to strengthen the traditional protection of the animals. Consequently, the local people were assisted to constitute the reserve under district Assembly byelaws which they are being assisted by the Wildlife Department to enforce.
It is the first protected area where local indigenous protection system has been given statutory back-up enforcement of traditional/indigenous protection of wildlife in the country. The reserve is quite accessible by road and has a modest resthouse facility.
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