Kalakpa Game Production Reserve

Kalakpa Game Production Reserve is a 32,020 hectare forest reserve in Ghana.[1][2][3]

Kalakpa Game Production Reserve
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
LocationGhana
Coordinates6°28′49″N 0°28′36″E
Area320 km2 (120 sq mi)
Created1975 (1975)

Location

The reserve is located in the southeastern part of the Country, about 120 kilometers northeast of the capital Accra and about 30 kilometers south from the Volta Regional capital, Ho.[1][4]

Description

The protected area was founded in 1975 by the Ghanaian government, located on the foothills of the Togo Mountains in the Ho Municipal Area.[5] Before this area became an animal reserve, it served mainly as preferred hunting area for expatriates in Ghana.[1]

In this animal reserve you can find, apart from lions and elephants. Among other animals there is a variety of buffaloes, antelopes, baboons and smaller mammals in the reserve. The bird world is worth seeing here. The reserve also boasts many butterfly species.[1]

Threats
  • In 2009, there were reports of encroachments on the Kalakpa Resource Reserve.[6]
  • Also in 2016 there were reports of illegal logging at the Kalakpa Resource Reserve in the Volta Region, with the risks of the Reserve losing most of its trees.[7]
  • In 2018 the Regional Minister said force would have to be considered to relocate the encroachers. About 28 communities with a population of about 2,000, from the four districts hosting the reserve; Adaklu, Ho West, North, and Central Tongu, who were inhabiting the Reserve illegally.[8][9]

References
  1. "VOLTA REGION". Ghana Embassy - Japan. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  2. "Kalakpa | Protected Planet". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  3. "Status Report for Ghana's Kalakpa Resource Reserve" (PDF).
  4. "Volta Region - About Ghana". Peace FM. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  5. "Volta Region | Embassy of The Republic of Ghana - Denmark". ghanaembassy.dk. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  6. "Kalakpa Resource Reserve under siege by encroachers". ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  7. "Illegal loggers invade Kalakpa Resource Reserve". graphic.com.gh. 2016-02-18. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  8. Ghana, News. "Kalakpa Reserve Settlers to relocate to resettlement sites by 2018 - News Ghana". newsghana.com.gh/. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  9. "Communities on Kalakpa Reserve to be resettled by 2018". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2019-05-18.


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