Protected Areas

Release date	05/05/2015
Contributor	Nutefe Dra
Geographical coverage	Ghana,
Keywords	Forest, sacred groves, conservation,

The numerous traditional conservation areas such as sacred groves (e.g. Tafi-Atome Monkey Sanctuary) and other community initiatives (e.g. Mount Afadjato Community Forest Project) are contributing significantly to biodiversity conservation in this country. Unfortunately, even though the traditional authorities play a critical role in in-situ conservation by maintaining a system of sacred groves, community forests and protected wildlife areas, no provisions have been made to formally accord them legal recognition and to include them in the conventional management regime of the country. Table 1.4 has information on the distributionof the protected areas in Ghana and the types of vegetation in them.

Table of  Protected areas in Ghana

	Name of Protected Area	Region	*Vegetation zone Forest Type	Year Gazetted	Size (km2)	*Forest Type*	District
1	Ankasa Resource Reserve	Western	Wet Evergreen	1976	343.00	WE*	Jomoro
2	Nini- Suhien National Park	Western	Wet Evergreen	1976	160.00	WE*	Jomoro
3	Bia National Park	Western	Moist Semideciduous North-west subtype	1974	78.00	MSNW*	Juabeso
4	Bia Resource Reserve	Western	Moist Evergreen	1974	228.00	ME*	Juabeso
5	Kakum National Park	Central	Moist Evergreen	1991	210.00	ME*	Twifo- Heman
6	Assin Attandanso Resource	Central	Moist Evergreen	1991	150,00	MSSE*	Twifo-Heman
7	Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary	Ashanti	Moist Semideciduous North-west subtype	1971	13.10	MSSE*	Nwabiagya
8	Bomfobri Wildlife Sanctuary	Ashanti	Dry Semideciduous Inner zone subtype	1975	53.10	DS*
9	Digya National Park	Brong Ahafo	Dry Semideciduous	1971	3,478.30	DS*	Sene / Kwahu N
10	Bui National Park	Brong Ahafo	Savanna	1917	1,820.60	Savanna*	Tain/ Bole
11	Kogyae Strict Nature Reserve	Ashanti	Dry Semideciduous Fire Zone subtype	1971	385.70	DSFZ*	Sekyere
12	Shai Hill Resource Reserve	Greater Accra	Dry Semideciduous	1971	53.00	DS*	Dangbe West
13	Kalakpa Resource Reserve	Volta	Dry Semideciduous	1975	320.20	DS*	Ho
14	Kyabobo National Park	Volta	Dry Semideciduous Fire zone subtype	1993	222.00	DSFZ*	Nkwanta
15	Mole National Park	Northern	Dry Semideciduous	1971	4,840.00	DS*	Gonja West, Damongo
16	Gbele Resource Reserve	Upper West	Dry Semideciduous	1975	565.40	DS*	Sissala East, Tumu