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Ghana has a vast array of fauna and they are of great significance, as some of Ghana's fauna have attained conservation status because of the current rate of decline in their number and distribution. [4] The fauna of the Ghanaian terrestrial ecosystem, comprise a diverse array of species including several of conservation concern. [4]
The Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA Ghana) is an agency of Ministry, established by EPA Act 490 (1994). [1] The agency is dedicated to improving, conserving and promoting the country's environment and striving for environmentally sustainable development with sound, efficient resource management, taking into account social and equity issues.
Litter is an environmental concern in many countries around the world. While countries in the developing world lack the resources to deal with the issue, consumer-based economies in the western world are capable of generating larger quantities of litter per capita due to a higher consumption of disposable products.
Bia National Park is a national park in the Bia district in the Western Region of Ghana.It is also a biosphere reserve with a 563 square kilometer resource reserve. It has some of Ghana's last remnants of relatively untouched forest complete with its full diversity of wildlife.
Mole National Park - A former game reserve in the isolated northern region of Ghana that contains an abundant variety of wildlife. It is located 100 km to the west of Tamale . Nini Suhien National Park - A small forest located in the western region near the border of Côte d'Ivoire .
Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary, located in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [2] It is home to many butterflies, over 140 species of birds, monkeys and the more reclusive bushpig, bushbuck and antelope. [3] Owabi wildlife sanctuary. The region is rich with indigenous birds and some migrants. There are about 161 kinds of birds ...
The forest has the most biological diversity of any in Ghana, with over 800 vascular plant species, 639 butterfly species, and more than 190 bird species. [4] [5] Animal life includes the elephant, bongo, leopard, western chimpanzee, [6] Diana monkey, [7] and other primates. Apart from the forest reserve which was selectively logged until 1976 ...
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as quality of air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution. It is defined as any change or disturbance to the environment perceived to be deleterious or undesirable.