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Line 16: − 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). − + + Line 24:
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Line 145: − The Wildlife Division of Forestry Commission is the main organization that protects the Ankasa Conservation Area. Forest Research Institute and some Universities in the country carry out research in the Park and give some recommendations regarding management of some of the species and information on some species in the Park for conservation and management purposes. − + + Line 183:
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[[West Africa]] > [[Ghana]] > [[Ankasa Conservation Area]]
[[West Africa]] > [[Nigeria]] > [[Ala Forest Reserve]]
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= Summary =
= Summary =
<div style="float: right">{{#display_map: height=200px | width=300px | scrollzoom=off | zoom=5 | layers= OpenStreetMap, OpenTopoMap|5.252710, -2.583665~[[Ankasa Conservation Area]]~Western Chimpanzee}}</div>
<div style="float: right">{{#display_map: height=200px | width=300px | scrollzoom=off | zoom=5 | layers= OpenStreetMap, OpenTopoMap|7.051510, 5.436220~[[Ala Forest Reserve]]~Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees}}</div>
* Western chimpanzees (''Pan troglodytes verus'') may be present in Ankasa Conservation Area.
* Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees (''Pan troglodytes ellioti'') have been present in Ala Forest Reserve.
* Chimpanzees have not been documented in the area since 2016.
* Chimpanzees are extinct or nearly extinct at the site.
* The chimpanzee population trend is unknown; possibly absent.
* The chimpanzee population trend is unknown.
* The site has a total size of 509 km².
* The site has a total size of 199 km².
* Key threats to chimpanzees are agricultural encroachment and hunting.
* Key threats to chimpanzees are hunting and logging for oil palm, cocoa, and teak plantations.
* Conservation activities have focused on education, patrolling, and preventing further degradation from farming activities.
* Conservation activities not documented.
= Site characteristics =
= Site characteristics =
'''Table 1. Basic site information for Ankasa Conservation Area'''
'''Table 1. Basic site information for Ala Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="basic-information"
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="basic-information"
|Species
|Species
|-
|-
|Area
|Area
|509 km²
|199 km²
|-
|-
|Coordinates
|Coordinates
|5.252710, -2.583665
|7.051510, 5.436220
|-
|-
|Type of site
|Type of site
|Conservation Area and Resource Reserve
|Forest Reserve
|-
|-
|Habitat types
|Habitat types
|Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland Forest
|Arable land, plantations, subtropical/tropical heavily degraded forest, subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest
|-
|-
|Type of governance
|Type of governance
= Ape status =
= Ape status =
Chimpanzees have not been documented in the area since 2016.
Chimpanzees are extinct or nearly extinct in Ala Forest Reserve. During a 2006 survey, no chimpanzees, nor signs of chimpanzees, were encountered (Greengrass 2006).
= Threats =
= Threats =
The northern half of the reserve is dominated by teak, oil palm, and cocoa plantations (Greengrass 2006). In the southern half of the reserve, even though the forest seems to be in a better condition, logging pressure is very high and large mammals are very scarce (Greengrass 2006).
'''Table 3. Threats to apes in Ankasa Conservation Area'''
'''Table 3. Threats to apes in Ala Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="threats-table"
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="threats-table"
!Category
!Category
|2 Agriculture & aquaculture
|2 Agriculture & aquaculture
|2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
|2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
|Medium
|High
|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).
|Oil palm and cocoa plantations in the northern half of the reserve (Greengrass 2006)
|Ongoing (2023)
|Ongoing (2006)
|-
|
|2.2 Wood & pulp plantations
|High
|Land cleared for teak plantations (Greengrass 2006)
|Ongoing (2006)
|-
|-
|3 Energy production & mining
|3 Energy production & mining
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|-
|4 Transportation & service corridors
|4 Transportation & service corridors
|
|4.1 Roads & railroads
|Unknown
|High
|
|A road crosses the reserve from north to south (Greengrass 2006)
|
|Ongoing (2006)
|-
|-
|5 Biological resource use
|5 Biological resource use
|5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
|5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
|Low
|High
|Communities surrounding the Park (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|Hunter trails and a large number of discarded cartridges were found in the southern part of the reserve, where chimpanzees were last seen (Greengrass 2006)
|2016 - 2020
|Ongoing (2006)
|-
|
|5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
|High
|Logging pressure is high in the area were chimpanzees were last seen (Greengrass 2006)
|Ongoing (2006)
|-
|-
|6 Human intrusions & disturbance
|6 Human intrusions & disturbance
|12 Other threat
|12 Other threat
|
|
|Absent
|Unknown
|
|
|
|
= Conservation activities =
= Conservation activities =
'''Table 4. Conservation activities in Ankasa Conservation Area'''
'''Table 4. Conservation activities in Ala Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="conservation-actions-table"
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="conservation-actions-table"
!Category
!Category
= Challenge =
= Challenge =
'''Table 5. Challenge reported for Ankasa Conservation Area'''
'''Table 5. Challenge reported for Ala Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="challenges-table"
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="challenges-table"
!Challenges
!Challenges
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|-
|
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|Lack of financial means
|Corruption
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|Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023
|Greengrass 2006
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|Lack of logistical means
|Lack of financial means
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|
|Wildlife Division and PADP II, 2010
|Greengrass 2006
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|-
|
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|Lack of human resources
|Lack of law enforcement
|
|
|Wildlife Division and PADP II, 2010
|Greengrass 2006
|}
|}
= Research activities =
No information on research activities has been documented.
No information on research activities has been documented.