The project, implemented by the Ghanaian NGO Ghana Wildlife Society (GWS), covers the Amansuri estuary, mangrove and humid forest. This area, located in western Ghana, 360 km from Accra, forms a vast ecological complex spanning more than 1,000 km².
It is a hotspot for Ghanaian biodiversity, serving simultaneously as a nesting site for marine turtles, a spawning ground, and an important site for birds, with 181 different species recorded there.
This ecosystem is currently threatened by the disappearance of the mangrove. The use of mangrove wood as fuel by local populations, water pollution, the loss of coconut trees decimated by a viral disease, and land clearing for agriculture all pose significant threats to local biodiversity.
GWS has already worked in the project area, helping to protect marine turtles and develop tourism activities in partnership with traditional authorities.
The “Amansuri Estuary and Mangrove Swamp Forest Conservation Project”, supported by the PPI, aims to establish a Community Nature Reserve (CNR) officially recognised by the authorities, covering an area of 30 km² and 11 km of coastline, while also developing and implementing a management plan for this CNR.
