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

Area	235 km²
Coordinates	5.201696, -2.303156
Designation	Forest Reserve
Habitat types	Tropical Moist Montane Forest

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 in Draw River Forest Reserve

Species	Year	Abundance estimate (95% CI)	Density estimate [ind./ km²] (95% CI)	Encounter rate (nests/km)	Area	Method	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 in Draw River Forest Reserve

Category	Specific threats	Threat level	Quantified severity	Description	Year of threat
1. Residential & commercial development		Unknown
2. Agriculture & aquaculture	2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops	Medium		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)
3. Energy production & mining		Unknown
4. Transportation & service corridors		Unknown
5. Biological resource use	5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals	High		Subsistence and commercial poaching go on in the Forest Reserve for a long time (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).	Ongoing (2023)
	5.2 Gathering terrestrial plants	Medium		Plants are taken for medicinal, food, construction etc. purposes domestically or for commercial (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).	Ongoing (2023)
	5.3 Logging & wood harvesting	Medium		illegal logging sometimes goes on in the Forest (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).	Ongoing (2023)
	5.3 Logging & wood harvesting	High		Legal logging (BirdLife International 2001).	1978-1990
6. Human intrusion & disturbance		Unknown
7. Natural system modifications		Unknown
8. Invasive & other problematic species, genes, diseases		Unknown
9. Pollution		Unknown
10. Geological Events		Absent
11. Climate change & severe weather		Unknown
12. Other options		Absent

IUCN Threats list

Conservation activities

Table 4. Conservation activities in Draw River Forest Reserve

Category	Specific activity	Description	Year of activity
1. Residential & commercial development	Not reported
2. Agriculture & aquaculture	Not reported
3. Energy production & mining	Not reported
4. Transportation & service corridors	Not reported
5. Biological resource use	5.1. Implement no-hunting seasons for primates	1st August to 1st December is close season for all animals, chimpanzees are wholly protected species and are not killed at any time (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).	1971-Ongoing (2023)
5. Biological resource use	Other	Work closely with some community members and opinion leaders to stop illegalities in the Forest Reserve (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).	2000-Ongoing (2023)
6. Human intrusion & disturbance	Not reported
7. Natural system modifications	Not reported
8. Invasive & other problematic species, genes, diseases	Not reported
9. Pollution	Not reported
10. Education & Awareness	Not reported
11. Habitat Protection	11.8. Plant indigenous trees to re-establish natural tree communities in clear-cut areas	Trees planting is ongoing in the Reserve (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).	Ongoing (2023)
11. Habitat Protection	11.2. Legally protect primate habitat	The site is a forest reserve.	1937-Ongoing (2023)
11. Habitat Protection	11.6. 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)
11. Habitat Protection	11.9. Plant indigenous fast-growing trees (will not necessarily resemble original community) in clear-cut areas	Trees planted would not completely mimic the natural forest (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).	Ongoing (2023)
11. Habitat Protection	Other	There are Forest Service staff presence to protect the forest (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).	1960-Ongoing (2023)
12. Species Management	Not reported
13. Livelihood; Economic & Other Incentives	Not reported

Conservation activities list (Junker et al. 2017)

Challenges

Table 5. Challenges reported for Draw River Forest Reserve

Challenge	Source
Not reported

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 6. Ape behaviors reported 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 completed by: Richard Ofori-Amanfo & APES Wiki Team Date: 10/11/2023