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Bush fire (pressure) Intensity of bush fire 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Ankas a Conservation Area Bia Conservation Area Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuary Bui Nationa l Park Kakum Conservat ion Area Kyabobo National Park Mol e National Park Shai Hil ls Resource Reserve According to the above graph drawn from the responses of the managers, bush fire is very severe in Bomfobiri. This pressure has persisted over the past five years extending to most parts of the PA, with a high impact and significant damages to the PA that it will take long time to recover without human intervention. Other parks like Bui, Kyabobo and Mole are subject to this pressure but to a lesser extent. In Kyabobo, managers cannot prevent all fires but a bush fire strategy and plan exist which provide guidelines in prevention and management of fire. In other PAs this pressure is so low that it can be considered not existing. Land conversion (pressure) 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Importance of land conversion 0 Ankasa Conservation Area Bia Conservatio n Area Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuary Bu i Natio nal Park Kakum Conservatio n Area Kyabo bo National Park Mole National Park Shai Hills Resourc e Reserve 31
Land conversion refers to the allocation of some lands of the PA to housing, infrastructures, roads, agriculture, tree planting, and other uses. Land conversion is mainly the result of cocoa farming and grazing inside the PAs. In Shai hills, grazing affects the overall productivity of the reserve. In Mole, there are well-known concentrations of wildlife on the flood-plain grassland below Mole Motel. According to some wildlife guards, the area is being overgrazed. This is due to the fact that wildlife is concentrated by the Motel because there is less poaching there. In Ankasa, cocoa farming is responsible for land conversion; in Bui, it is caused by habitat destruction. Other pressures Other pressures relate to invasive species in Bomfobiri and Shai Hills, but it is also considered as a very important threat. There is also pollution in Kyabobo due to river poisoning, and illegal fishing and small scale mining in Bui. Invasive species (threat) This threat is present in Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuary where the Chromolaena ordorata, and teak are spreading, but in the Shai Hills Resource Reserve the neem is the major invasive species, and it is a very high threat. The importance of invasive species as a threat 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Ankas a Conservation Area Bia Conservation Area Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuary Bui Nation al Park Ka kum Conservatio n Area Kyabobo National Park Mole National Park Sha i Hills Resource Reserve 32
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Page 3 and 4: The designation of geographical ent
Page 5 and 6: Acronyms and abbreviations CBD CBWM
Page 7 and 8: Appropriate resource allocation mec
Page 9 and 10: Le mécanisme approprié d'attribut
Page 11 and 12: ANKASA CONSERVATION AREA (50 900 HA
Page 13 and 14: River to the Ghana - Côte d'Ivoire
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Page 17 and 18: surveys. These were carried out in
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Page 21 and 22: A national park Generally a large a
Page 23 and 24: METHODOLOGY OF THE ASSESSMENT The m
Page 25 and 26: Step 3: administer the RAPPAM quest
Page 29: Poaching (pressure) Poaching intens
Page 33 and 34: CONTEXT There were four possible re
Page 35 and 36: The structural diversity of all the
Page 37 and 38: (iv) habitat-related features: Bamb
Page 39 and 40: There appears to be bribery and cor
Page 41 and 42: Legal security All evaluated PAs ha
Page 43 and 44: Staff performance and progress on t
Page 45 and 46: Decision making There is clear inte
Page 47 and 48: Results are considered good in staf
Page 49 and 50: PROTECTED AREAS POLICY PA Policy 5
Page 51 and 52: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF PROTECT
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