COORDINATING AND SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GHANA’S THREATENED TREES CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN
Research Team : J. O. Amponsah, E. Opuni-Frimpong, J., Asomaning, P., Mensah, M., P., Gakpertor and S. Britwum
Donor: Fondation Franklinia
Collaborating Institution(s):
Status: On-going
Objectives:
The project is aimed at supporting conservations actions, and ensuring proper coordination between all actors involved in the implementation of the Conservation Action Plan (CAP) for Ghana’s threatened trees. The CAP was a key output of a National-Level Stakeholders Workshop on Threatened Tree Conservation held in Ghana in October, 2022. The Workshop was jointly organised by CSIR-FORIG and BGCI with funding from Foundation Franklinia.
Specifically, the project seeks to
- create a comprehensive and accessible biodiversity information portal for all the 39 priority species identified in the CAP for Ghana’s threatened trees over a period of 3 years,
- undertake botanical surveys for insi-tu protection, phenology monitoring, and assisted natural regeneration for 20 targeted species selected from the priority list,
- engage the National Tree Seed Centre (NTSC) at FORIG to collect seeds, raise and distribute nearly 400,000 assorted seedlings of the 39 species on the priority list, for restoration planting, and
- organise annual Stakeholder Workshops to build capacity, track progress, and measure impact of the implementation of Ghana’s CAP.
Besides increasing species population through the extensive field restoration activities, the project is expected to generate and publish species distribution maps, habitat suitability models and phenology information for all 39 priority species to guide insi-situ planting actions. We will develop protocols for improved nursery seedling raising and seed germination for all targeted trees. These actions will no doubt preserve the threatened tree species of Ghana, avoiding their extinction and improve their conservation status.
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