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[https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/threat-classification-scheme IUCN Threats list]
[https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/threat-classification-scheme IUCN Threats list]
= Conservation activities =
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.
'''Table 4. Conservation activities in Ankasa Conservation Area'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="conservation-actions-table"
!Category
!Specific activity
!Description
!Implementing organization(s)
!Year of activity
|-
|1 Development impact mitigation
|1.3 Prohibit (livestock) farmers from entering protected areas
|Farmers and all unauthorised people are not allowed to enter into the reserve by intensive patrols within the area (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|
|Ongoing (2023)
|-
|1 Development impact mitigation
|1.4 Farm more intensively and effectively in selected areas and spare more natural land
|Old cocoa and rubber farms are being cleared (since 2016) to plant new hybrid to yield more products to increase farmers income rather than clearing more land for cultivation (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|
|Ongoing (2023)
|-
|2 Counter-wildlife crime
|2.3 Conduct regular anti-poaching patrols
|Field staff undertake day patrols, over night patrols and long/sleeping patrols in the Park to control poaching and for field data collection (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|
|Ongoing (2023)
|-
|2 Counter-wildlife crime
|2.8 Provide training to anti-poaching ranger patrols
|Staff are trained in, how take field data on animals and how to manage the animal species causing human animals conflict and others (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|
|Ongoing (2023)
|-
|4 Education & awareness
|4.1 Educate local communities about apes and sustainable use
|Local communities are educated on the need to conserve the resources in the Park since the 1990s (Ofori-Amanfo pers. obs. 2023).
|
|Ongoing (2023)
|-
|5 Protection & restoration
|5.2 Legally protect ape habitat
|
|
|Ongoing
|}
[[Conservation activities list (Junker et al. 2017)]]