Draw River Forest Reserve

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• Western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) may be present in Draw River Forest Reserve.
• The chimpanzee population trend is unknown.
• The site has a total size of 235 km².
• Key threats to chimpanzees are hunting and habitat loss.
• Conservation activities have focused on forest restoration and habitat protection.

Site characteristics

Table 1. Basic site information for Draw River Forest Reserve

Species	'Pan troglodytes verus
Area	235 km²
Coordinates	Lat: 5.201696 , Lon: -2.303156
Type of site	Protected area (Forest Reserve)
Habitat types	Tropical Moist Montane Forest
Type of governance

IUCN habitat categories Site designations

Ape status

It is unknown whether chimpanzees have been present in the reserve since 2012. A young chimpanzee was found in the Forest Reserve in 2012 and was sent to Kumasi zoo (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).

Table 2. Ape population estimates reported for Draw River Forest Reserve

Species	Year	Occurrence	Encounter or vistation rate (nests/km; ind/day)	Density estimate [ind./ km²] (95% CI)	Abundance estimate (95% CI)	Survey area	Sampling method	Analytical framework	Source	Comments	A.P.E.S. database ID
Pan troglodytes verus	2012	Present				Draw River Forest Reserve	Other		Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023	One individual was found by a local farmer.

Threats

Table 3. Threats to apes reported for Draw River Forest Reserve

Category	Specific threats	Threat level	Description	Year of threat
10 Geological events		Absent
12 Other threat		Absent
5 Biological resource use	5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals	High (more than 70% of population affected)	Subsistence and commercial poaching go on in the Forest Reserve for a long time (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).	Ongoing (2023)
5 Biological resource use	5.3 Logging & wood harvesting	High (more than 70% of population affected)	Legal logging (BirdLife International 2001).	1978-1990
2 Agriculture & aquaculture	2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops	Medium (30-70% of population affected)	Tongya farming has changed the natural forest; farmers are allowed to farm at the degraded portions of the forest while economic trees are planted (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).	Ongoing (2023)
5 Biological resource use	5.2 Gathering terrestrial plants	Medium (30-70% of population affected)	Plants are taken for medicinal, food, construction etc. purposes domestically or for commercial (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).	Ongoing (2023)
5 Biological resource use	5.3 Logging & wood harvesting	Medium (30-70% of population affected)	illegal logging sometimes goes on in the Forest (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).	Ongoing (2023)
1 Residential & commercial development		Unknown
3 Energy production & mining		Unknown
4 Transportation & service corridors		Unknown
6 Human intrusions & disturbance		Unknown
7 Natural system modifications		Unknown
8 Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseases		Unknown
9 Pollution		Unknown
11 Climate change & severe weather		Unknown

IUCN Threats list

Conservation activities

Table 4. Conservation activities reported for Draw River Forest Reserve

Category	Specific activity	Description	Implementing organization(s)	Year of activity
5 Protection & restoration	5.6 Habitat restoration	Trees planting is ongoing in the Reserve (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).		Ongoing (2023)
5 Protection & restoration	5.2 Legally protect ape habitat	The site is a forest reserve.		1937-Ongoing (2023)
5 Protection & restoration	5.5 Demarcate and enforce boundaries of protected areas	The Forest Boundary has clearly been demarcated and maintained periodically (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).		1937-Ongoing (2023)
5 Protection & restoration	5.6 Habitat restoration	Trees planted would not completely mimic the natural forest (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).		Ongoing (2023)

Conservation activities list (Junker et al. 2017)

Challenges

Table 5. Challenges reported for Draw River Forest Reserve

Challenges	Specific challenges	Source	Year(s)
	Not reported

Enablers

Table 6. Enablers reported for Draw River Forest Reserve

Enablers	Specific enablers	Source	Year(s)
1 Site management
2 Resources and capacity
3 Engaged community
4 Institutional support
5 Ecological context
6 Safety and stability

Research activities

The site was designated as an Important Bird Area in 2001 by BirdLife International, and it is therefore sometimes visited by researchers to assess bird species.

Documented behaviours

Table 7. Behaviours documented for Draw River Forest Reserve

Behavior	Source
Not reported

References

BirdLife International (2001) Important Bird Area factsheet: Draw River Forest Reserve. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/draw-river-forest-reserve-iba-ghana on 10/11/2023.

Page created by: Richard Ofori-Amanfo & APES Wiki Team Date: NA