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= Site characteristics = <!-- A paragraph summary of physical and geographic aspects of the site, and a table of key information -->
= Site characteristics = <!-- A paragraph summary of physical and geographic aspects of the site, and a table of key information -->
Ankasa Conservation Area (National Park and Resource Reserve) is located in the South Western part of Ghana, borderingIvory Coast. The Park is one of the few remnants of undisturbed Tropical Rainforest in Ghana. It was created in 1976. The Park is very rich in biodiversity including forest elephants, bongos, leopards, olive colobus, black and white colobus, mangabey and other monkeys, yellow back duikers and other duikers, pangolins, over 200 species of birds recorded, over 600 species of butterflies etc. The Park is one of the known World Bird Areas and a Key Biodiversity Area.
Ankasa Conservation Area (National Park and Resource Reserve) is located in the South Western part of Ghana, borderingIvory Coast. The Park is one of the few remnants of undisturbed Tropical Rainforest in Ghana. It was created in 1976. The site is very rich in biodiversity including forest elephants, bongos, leopards, olive colobus, black and white colobus, mangabey and other monkeys, yellow backed duikers and other duikers, pangolins, over 200 species of birds recorded, over 600 species of butterflies etc. The area is one of the known World Bird Areas and a Key Biodiversity Area (Ofori-Amanfo, R. pers. comm. 2023).
'''Table 1. Basic site information for Ankasa Conservation Area'''
'''Table 1. Basic site information for Ankasa Conservation Area'''
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|Designation
|Designation
|National Park
|Conservation Area and Resource Reserve
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|Habitat types <!-- List IUCN Habitat Classification 3.0 categories present (without number), see link below -->
|Habitat types <!-- List IUCN Habitat Classification 3.0 categories present (without number), see link below -->
|Ankasa Conservation Area
|Ankasa Conservation Area
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|pers. obs. Ofori-Amanfo
|Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2016
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|5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
|5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
|Low
|Low
|Catch per effort (number of hours and 8hrs per day) of about 0.1 to 0.2 index (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
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|Communities surrounding the Park (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|Communities surrounding the Park (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|2016 - 2020
|2016 - 2020
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'''Page completed by: '''Richard Ofori-Amanfo''' Date:''' 07/08/2023 <!-- If you don't want to add your name, you can add "A.P.E.S. Wiki team" -->
'''Page completed by: '''Richard Ofori-Amanfo''' Date:''' 14/08/2023 <!-- If you don't want to add your name, you can add "A.P.E.S. Wiki team" -->