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= Summary =

<div style='float: right'>{{#display_map: height=190px | width=300px | scrollzoom=off | zoom=5 | layers=OpenStreetMap,OpenTopoMap|5.485273, -1.344909~[[Kakum National Park]]~''Pan troglodytes verus''}}</div>
* Western chimpanzees (''Pan troglodytes verus'') may be present in Kakum National Park.
* No chimpanzees were recorded in the last survey.
* The chimpanzee population trend is decreasing.
* The site has a total size of 375 km².
* Key threats to chimpanzees are hunting and logging.
* Conservation activities are not documented.

= Site characteristics =

Kakum National Park is located in southern Ghana. The terrain is generally flat, with a few hills in the southwestern part of the park, rising up to 250 m above sea level ([[#R00814|Gatti 2009]]). The area was demarcated as a forest reserve in the 1930s, thereby protecting the watersheds of Kakum river and other rivers that supply water to Caper Coast and nearby areas ([[#R00814|Gatti 2009]]). The Kakum Conservation Area was legally gazetted in 1992, consisting of Kakum National Park and Assin Attandanso Forest Reserve. It falls under the administrative jurisdiction of the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission ([[#R00814|Gatti 2009]]).

'''Table 1. Basic site information for Kakum National Park'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Site_characteristics-table"
|Species
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|-
|Area
|375 km²
|-
|Coordinates
|Lat: 5.485273 , Lon: -1.344909
|-
|Type of site
|Protected area (National Park)
|-
|Habitat types
|Subtropical/tropical dry forest, Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest
|-
|Type of governance
|
|}

[[Types of sites]] [[Governance types]] [[Habitat types]]
= Ape status =

A rapid survey was conducted at the site in 2009; except for calls of a group of Lowe's Mona monkeys, ''Cercopithecus lowei'', no other primate species were detected at the site ([[#R00814|Gatti 2009]]).

'''Table 2. Ape population estimates reported for Kakum National Park'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Ape_status-table"
!Species
!Year
!Occurrence
!Encounter or vistation rate (nests/km; ind/day)
!Density estimate [ind./ km²] (95% CI)
!Abundance estimate (95% CI)
!Survey area
!Sampling method
!Analytical framework
!Source
!Comments
!A.P.E.S. database ID
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2009
|
|0
|
|
|Kakum National Park
|Reconnaissance walk
|
|[[#R00814|Gatti 2009]]
|survey effort: 33.38 km
|GHA0001, GHA0007<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="+7 more" data-collapsetext="less">GHA0012, GHA0013, GHA0022, GHA0024, GHA0027, GHA0028, GHA0029</div>
|}

[[Sampling methods]] [[Analytical frameworks]]
= Threats =

'''Table 3. Threats to apes reported for Kakum National Park'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Threats-table"
!Category
!Specific threats
!Threat level
!Description
!Year of threat
|-
|5 Biological resource use
|5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
|Medium (30-70% of population affected)
|Relative to other sites in southwestern Ghana, hunting pressure is lower, likely due to the presence of wildlife guards ([[#R00814|Gatti 2009]]).
|Ongoing (2009)
|-
|5 Biological resource use
|5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
|High (more than 70% of population affected)
|Timber exploitation, which came to a stop with the change in management status, but overall the forest is heavily disturbed ([[#R00814|Gatti 2009]]).
|1936-1989
|}

[[Threats]]
= Conservation activities =

= Challenges =

'''Table 5. Challenges reported for Kakum National Park'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Challenges-table"
!Challenges
!Specific challenges
!Source
!Year(s)
|-
|
|Not reported
|
|
|}

[[Challenges]]
= Enablers =

'''Table 6. Enablers reported for Kakum National Park'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="enabler-table"
!Enablers
!Specific enablers
!Source
!Year(s)
|-
|1 Site management
|
|
|
|-
|2 Resources and capacity
|
|
|
|-
|3 Engaged community
|
|
|
|-
|4 Institutional support
|
|
|
|-
|5 Ecological context
|
|
|
|-
|6 Safety and stability
|
|
|
|}

[[Enablers]]
= Research activities =

= Documented behaviours =

'''Table 7. Behaviours documented for Kakum National Park'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="behaviours-table"
!Category
!Behavior
!Observation type
!Prevalence
!Observation dates
!Source
!Habituation
!Species
!Comment
|-
|
|Not reported
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}

[[Behaviours]]
= Exposure to climate change impacts =

= External links =

[https://national-parks.org/ghana/kakum Kakum National Park - nationalparks.org]

= References =

<span id="R00814"></span>Gatti, S. (2009). Mammal surveys and capacity building for the Wildlife Wood Project - Ghana. Unpublished report to the WWP-Ghana.

'''Page created by: '''APES Atlas Team''' Date:''' 2022-03-18

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