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Ankasa Conservation Area

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Tilahun, Mesfin; Damnyag, Lawrence; Anglaaere, Luke C.N. (2016). "The Ankasa Forest Conservation Area of Ghana: Ecosystem service values and on-site REDD + opportunity cost".
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The park includes basic camping facilities with shelters, toilets, and running water along with many facilities for sitting down and having a chat.
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of any in Ghana, with over 800 vascular plant species, 639 butterfly species, and more than 190 bird species. Animal life includes the
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Rivers all pass through the park, and are known for their rapids and waterfalls. The forest has the most
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Hall, J. B.; Swaine, M. D. (1976). "Classification and Ecology of Closed-Canopy Forest in Ghana".
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protected area in Ghana that is located in the wet evergreen tropical high rainforest belt. The
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The park is approximately 500 square kilometers, and consists largely of tropical evergreen
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in the North, and the Ankasa Forest Reserve in the South.
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Index

Map showing the location of Ankasa Conservation Area
Ghana
Axim
5°17′00″N 2°39′00″W / 5.283333°N 2.65°W / 5.283333; -2.65

Ghana
Western Region
Accra
Côte d'Ivoire
Nini Suhien National Park
rainforest
wildlife
Ankasa
Nini
Suhien
biological diversity
elephant
bongo
chimpanzee
Diana monkey

Ghana Ministry of Tourism -- official site
Ghana Wildlife Society (Accessed June 2014)
Status of Great Apes in the area
"Ivory Coast"
"Nini Suhien National Park and Ankasa Resources Reserve, Ghana"
"Ghana Wildlife Society:ANKASA NATIONAL PARK (Accessed June 2014)"
the original
"Rainforests"

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