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During the dry season (August to March), the larger part of the lagoon dries up. The area is encroached upon by cattle grazing in the dry season, and by land developers who build very close to the site -- which is a government property and should not be used by any developer. There is a
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initiated an afforestation project of planting trees in the wetland area, using treated waste water as a way of reforesting and conserving the degraded areas. Others are Sakumo Ramsar
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urbanization continues, and if not stopped the entire catchment will be destroyed. The area has high recreational and educational or research value as one of the green areas left in the Accra-Tema
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The size of the open lagoon varies from 100–350 hectares (250–860 acres) depending on the season. In the rainy season it expands, and shrinks in the dry season. Large portions of the lagoon dry up in the dry season, resulting in hyper-saline conditions. The lagoon is separated from the sea by a
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narrow road, connecting Accra and Tema. A small permanent connection to the sea has been established by an open sluice, constructed to prevent the flooding of the coastal road, such as had occurred in the past.
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in 1987. In 1992 it was gazetted as a Ramsar Site by which time about one third of the area originally proposed had been used for settlement development.
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