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[[West Africa]] > [[[Ghana]] > [[Draw River Forest Reserve]]
= Summary = <!-- An overview of the site, with one sentence for each section. May include a site map -->
<div style="float: right">
{{#display_map: height=200px | width=300px | scrollzoom=off | zoom=5 | layers= OpenStreetMap, OpenTopoMap
|5.201696, -2.303156~[[Draw River Forest Reserve]]~Western Chimpanzee
}}
</div>
* 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 = <!-- A paragraph summary of physical and geographic aspects of the site, and a table of key information -->
'''Table 1. Basic site information for Draw River Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="basic-information"
| Area <!-- Please include units: km2/ha e.g 200ha -->
|235 km²
|-
|Coordinates
|5.201696, -2.303156
|-
|Designation
|Forest Reserve
|-
|Habitat types <!-- List IUCN Habitat Classification 3.0 categories present (without number), see link below -->
|Tropical Moist Montane Forest
|}
[https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/habitat-classification-scheme IUCN habitat categories] [[Site designations]]
= Ape status = <!--An overview of ape population status (population sizes, trends, etc.), followed by a table of specific surveys and results -->
It is unknown whether chimpanzees have been present in the reserve since 2012. A young chimpanzee was found in the Forest Reserve around 2012 and was sent to Kumasi zoo (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).
'''Table 2. Ape population estimates in Draw River Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="population-estimate-table"
! 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''
|
|
|
|
|Draw River Forest Reserve
|
|
|
|
|}
= Threats = <!-- a text overview of threats, followed by a table of key threats -->
'''Table 3. Threats to apes in Draw River Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="threats-table"
!align="left"|Category <!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE THREAT CATEGORIES -->
!Specific threats <!-- For specific threats, please use list of comma separated keywords from the IUCN list linked below -->
!Threat level <!-- For threat level, please use keywords: low, medium, high, present, absent, unknown-->
!Quantified severity <!-- Enter any available quantification of the threat, e.g., the proportion of the area affected by the threat, hunting sign encounter rates-->
!Description <!-- Add descriptive information -->
!Year of threat <!-- Enter specific year(s), “ongoing”, or “unknown”. If the threat is ongoing, please add the year of reference in parentheses -->
|-
|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
|
|
|
|-
|}
[https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/threat-classification-scheme IUCN Threats list]
= Conservation activities = <!-- A summary of the conservation activities, followed by a table of key activities -->
'''Table 4. Conservation activities in Draw River Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="conservation-actions-table"
!align="left"|Category <!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE CATEGORIES -->
!Specific activity <!-- For specific threats, please use list from the list linked below, OR enter “Not reported” -->
!Description <!-- Add descriptive information -->
!Year of activity <!-- Add descriptive information -->
|-
|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 reestablish 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 = <!-- Overview of challenges in ape conservation -->
'''Table 5. Challenges reported for Draw River Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="challenges-table"
!align="left"|Challenge <!-- Do not change categories -->
!Source <!-- Source for challenge mentioned -->
|-
|Not reported
|
|-
|}
= Research activities = <!-- Overview of research activities -->
The site was designated as an [https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/draw-river-forest-reserve-iba-ghana Important Bird Area] in 2001 by BirdLife International, and it is therefore sometimes visited by researchers to assess bird species.
===Documented behaviours=== <!-- List of any behaviours observed at the site, including citations -->
'''Table 6. Ape behaviors reported for Draw River Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="behaviors-table"
!align="left"|Behavior
!Source
|-
|Not reported
|
|-
|}
=External links=
= 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.<br>
<br>
'''Page completed by: '''Richard Ofori-Amanfo & APES Wiki Team''' Date:''' 10/11/2023 <!-- If you don't want to add your name, you can add "A.P.E.S. Wiki team" -->
- Wiki pages contain information in paragraphs, tables, lists, and images.
- Text and images are not restricted, and their formats can be chosen as desired.
- Tables and lists are extracted as data, so the following restrictions apply to them:
1) Table structure cannot be changed.
2) List format should not change, i.e. they are comma separated lists, not bullet points or numbered lists.
3) To make information comparable across wiki pages, keywords must be taken from the list of permitted words, or added to the list of permitted keywords. This is why we use official lists, e.g., IUCN classification lists, in our tables.
-->
[[West Africa]] > [[[Ghana]] > [[Draw River Forest Reserve]]
= Summary = <!-- An overview of the site, with one sentence for each section. May include a site map -->
<div style="float: right">
{{#display_map: height=200px | width=300px | scrollzoom=off | zoom=5 | layers= OpenStreetMap, OpenTopoMap
|5.201696, -2.303156~[[Draw River Forest Reserve]]~Western Chimpanzee
}}
</div>
* 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 = <!-- A paragraph summary of physical and geographic aspects of the site, and a table of key information -->
'''Table 1. Basic site information for Draw River Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="basic-information"
| Area <!-- Please include units: km2/ha e.g 200ha -->
|235 km²
|-
|Coordinates
|5.201696, -2.303156
|-
|Designation
|Forest Reserve
|-
|Habitat types <!-- List IUCN Habitat Classification 3.0 categories present (without number), see link below -->
|Tropical Moist Montane Forest
|}
[https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/habitat-classification-scheme IUCN habitat categories] [[Site designations]]
= Ape status = <!--An overview of ape population status (population sizes, trends, etc.), followed by a table of specific surveys and results -->
It is unknown whether chimpanzees have been present in the reserve since 2012. A young chimpanzee was found in the Forest Reserve around 2012 and was sent to Kumasi zoo (Ofori-Amanfo pers. comm. 2023).
'''Table 2. Ape population estimates in Draw River Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="population-estimate-table"
! 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''
|
|
|
|
|Draw River Forest Reserve
|
|
|
|
|}
= Threats = <!-- a text overview of threats, followed by a table of key threats -->
'''Table 3. Threats to apes in Draw River Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="threats-table"
!align="left"|Category <!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE THREAT CATEGORIES -->
!Specific threats <!-- For specific threats, please use list of comma separated keywords from the IUCN list linked below -->
!Threat level <!-- For threat level, please use keywords: low, medium, high, present, absent, unknown-->
!Quantified severity <!-- Enter any available quantification of the threat, e.g., the proportion of the area affected by the threat, hunting sign encounter rates-->
!Description <!-- Add descriptive information -->
!Year of threat <!-- Enter specific year(s), “ongoing”, or “unknown”. If the threat is ongoing, please add the year of reference in parentheses -->
|-
|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
|
|
|
|-
|}
[https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/threat-classification-scheme IUCN Threats list]
= Conservation activities = <!-- A summary of the conservation activities, followed by a table of key activities -->
'''Table 4. Conservation activities in Draw River Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="conservation-actions-table"
!align="left"|Category <!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE CATEGORIES -->
!Specific activity <!-- For specific threats, please use list from the list linked below, OR enter “Not reported” -->
!Description <!-- Add descriptive information -->
!Year of activity <!-- Add descriptive information -->
|-
|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 reestablish 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 = <!-- Overview of challenges in ape conservation -->
'''Table 5. Challenges reported for Draw River Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="challenges-table"
!align="left"|Challenge <!-- Do not change categories -->
!Source <!-- Source for challenge mentioned -->
|-
|Not reported
|
|-
|}
= Research activities = <!-- Overview of research activities -->
The site was designated as an [https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/draw-river-forest-reserve-iba-ghana Important Bird Area] in 2001 by BirdLife International, and it is therefore sometimes visited by researchers to assess bird species.
===Documented behaviours=== <!-- List of any behaviours observed at the site, including citations -->
'''Table 6. Ape behaviors reported for Draw River Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="behaviors-table"
!align="left"|Behavior
!Source
|-
|Not reported
|
|-
|}
=External links=
= 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.<br>
<br>
'''Page completed by: '''Richard Ofori-Amanfo & APES Wiki Team''' Date:''' 10/11/2023 <!-- If you don't want to add your name, you can add "A.P.E.S. Wiki team" -->