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Chimpanzees have not been documented in the area since 2016.
 
Chimpanzees have not been documented in the area since 2016.
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= Threats =
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There are poaching camps, which the park’s staff has encountered, as well as temporary farm houses in encroached areas, but efforts are being made to clear all these in the park (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
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'''Table 3. Threats to apes in Ankasa Conservation Area'''
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{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="threats-table"
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|1 Residential & commercial development
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|2 Agriculture & aquaculture
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|3 Energy production & mining
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|4 Transportation & service corridors
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|5 Biological resource use
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|6 Human intrusions & disturbance
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|7 Natural system modifications
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|8 Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseases
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|9 Pollution
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|10 Geological events
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|11 Climate change & severe weather
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|12 Other threat
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|2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
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|5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
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|Unknown
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|Medium
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|Low
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|Absent
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|Unknown
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|Absent
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|The community members are predominantly farmers, embarking on cocoa and rubber plantations affecting the surroundings of the park and the entire landscape (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
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|Communities surrounding the Park (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
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|Ongoing (2023)
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|2016 - 2020
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[https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/threat-classification-scheme IUCN Threats list]
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