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−|3 Energy production & mining
−|3.2 Mining & quarrying
−|Low
−|In June 2019, in the absence of an environmental impact assessment, the Ghanaian authorities started clearing access roads to Atewa Forest to allow test-drilling for bauxite ([https://www.iucncongress2020.org/motion/103 IUCN Congress 2020]). Bauxite deposits have been assessed several other times at the site by prospective companies, but bauxite mining has been so far met with strong opposition (Lindsell et al. 2019). Although the threat is low because mining has not proceeded, the potential impacts are high.
−|2019-Ongoing (2023)
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−|4 Transportation & service corridors
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−|Unknown
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|7.1 Fire & fire suppression
−|Medium
−|The Forest Reserve has a long boundary, where periodic fires occur due to farming practices around the reserve (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
−|2016-Ongoing (2023)
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−|8 Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseases
= Summary =
= Summary =
−<div style="float: right">{{#display_map: height=190px | width=300px | scrollzoom=off | zoom=5 | layers= OpenStreetMap, OpenTopoMap|6.170532, -0.600267~[[Atewa Range Forest Reserve]]~Pan troglodytes verus}}</div>
+<div style="float: right">{{#display_map: height=190px | width=300px | scrollzoom=off | zoom=5 | layers= OpenStreetMap, OpenTopoMap|6.170532, -0.600267~[[Atewa Range Forest Reserve]]~'Pan troglodytes verus''}}</div>
* Western chimpanzees (''Pan troglodytes verus'') are no longer present in Atewa Range Forest Reserve.
* Western chimpanzees (''Pan troglodytes verus'') are no longer present in Atewa Range Forest Reserve.
* Chimpanzees have been extirpated from the site.
* Chimpanzees have been extirpated from the site.
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|Species
|Species
−|Pan troglodytes verus
+|'Pan troglodytes verus''
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|Area
|Area
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!Species
!Species
!Year
!Year
+!Occurrence
+!Encounter or vistation rate (nests/km; ind/day)
+!Density estimate [ind./ km²] (95% CI)
!Abundance estimate (95% CI)
!Abundance estimate (95% CI)
−!Density estimate [ind./ km²] (95% CI)
+!Survey area
−!Encounter rate (nests/km)
+!Sampling method
−!Area
+!Analytical framework
−!Source
!Source
!Comments
!Comments
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|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|1980-2023
|1980-2023
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+|0
|Atewa Range Forest Reserve
|Atewa Range Forest Reserve
|Unknown
|Unknown
−|(Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).
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+|Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023
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|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2006
|2006
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+|0
|Atewa Range Forest Reserve
|Atewa Range Forest Reserve
|Line transects & recces
|Line transects & recces
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|McCullough et al. 2007
|McCullough et al. 2007
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!Year of threat
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−|1 Residential & commercial development
+|10 Geological events
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−|Unknown
+|Absent
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−|2 Agriculture & aquaculture
+|12 Other threat
−|2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
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−|Low
+|Absent
−|Farmers encroach into the Forest Reserve for illegal subsistence farming (Kusimi 2015, Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
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−|2014-Ongoing (2023)
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|3 Energy production & mining
|3 Energy production & mining
|3.2 Mining & quarrying
|3.2 Mining & quarrying
−|High
+|High (more than 70% of population affected)
|Illegal mining can be found in the Forest Reserve, specifically gold mining (Kusimi 2015, Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|Illegal mining can be found in the Forest Reserve, specifically gold mining (Kusimi 2015, Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|2014-Ongoing (2023)
|2014-Ongoing (2023)
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|5 Biological resource use
|5 Biological resource use
|5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
|5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
−|High
+|High (more than 70% of population affected)
|Poaching of wild animals in the Forest is common (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|Poaching of wild animals in the Forest is common (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|1926-Ongoing (2023)
|1926-Ongoing (2023)
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|5 Biological resource use
|5 Biological resource use
|5.2 Gathering terrestrial plants
|5.2 Gathering terrestrial plants
−|High
+|High (more than 70% of population affected)
|The communities around the Forest Reserve enter and collect non timber forest products for domestic and commercial purposes (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|The communities around the Forest Reserve enter and collect non timber forest products for domestic and commercial purposes (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|1926-Ongoing (2023)
|1926-Ongoing (2023)
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|5 Biological resource use
|5 Biological resource use
|5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
|5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
−|High
+|High (more than 70% of population affected)
|Legal logging was permitted between 1966 and 1998 (Lindsell et al. 2019).
|Legal logging was permitted between 1966 and 1998 (Lindsell et al. 2019).
|1966-1998
|1966-1998
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+|2 Agriculture & aquaculture
+|2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
+|Low (up to 30% of population affected)
+|Farmers encroach into the Forest Reserve for illegal subsistence farming (Kusimi 2015, Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
+|2014-Ongoing (2023)
+|-
+|3 Energy production & mining
+|3.2 Mining & quarrying
+|Low (up to 30% of population affected)
+|In June 2019, in the absence of an environmental impact assessment, the Ghanaian authorities started clearing access roads to Atewa Forest to allow test-drilling for bauxite ([https://www.iucncongress2020.org/motion/103 IUCN Congress 2020]). Bauxite deposits have been assessed several other times at the site by prospective companies, but bauxite mining has been so far met with strong opposition (Lindsell et al. 2019). Although the threat is low because mining has not proceeded, the potential impacts are high.
+|2019-Ongoing (2023)
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|5 Biological resource use
|5 Biological resource use
|5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
|5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
−|Medium
+|Medium (30-70% of population affected)
|Illegal logging still goes on in the Reserve, even after the 2003 management plan made no provisions for timber harvesting (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023, Lindsell et al. 2019).
|Illegal logging still goes on in the Reserve, even after the 2003 management plan made no provisions for timber harvesting (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023, Lindsell et al. 2019).
|2003-Ongoing (2023)
|2003-Ongoing (2023)
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−|6 Human intrusions & disturbance
+|7 Natural system modifications
+|7.1 Fire & fire suppression
+|Medium (30-70% of population affected)
+|The Forest Reserve has a long boundary, where periodic fires occur due to farming practices around the reserve (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
+|2016-Ongoing (2023)
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+|1 Residential & commercial development
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|Unknown
|Unknown
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−|7 Natural system modifications
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|Unknown
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−|9 Pollution
+|6 Human intrusions & disturbance
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|Unknown
|Unknown
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−|10 Geological events
+|8 Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseases
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−|Absent
+|Unknown
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−|11 Climate change & severe weather
+|9 Pollution
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|Unknown
|Unknown
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−|12 Other threat
+|11 Climate change & severe weather
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−|Absent
+|Unknown
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