Project title: Priority setting and conservation of migratory waterbird species at key coastal wetland sites in Ghana

Implementer: Centre for African Wetlands

Report Period: January 2013-Sepember 2014
 

1. PROJECT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

The Centre for African Wetlands (CAW) received a grant of Euros 21,699 from the AEWA Small Grants Fund to implement the project, Priority setting and conservation of migratory waterbird species at key coastal wetland sites in Ghana. The aim of the project was to analyse the 20 -year waterbird count data collected from coastal wetland sites, and based on the results, re-define key wetland sites in Ghana and advocate for their protection. The project was planned initially to be implemented over a 15 months period, but this was extended for an additional six months, making a total of 21 months (January 2013-September 2014).

Three main objectives were defined for the project, namely:

 To analyse the long-term (20+ years) waterbird counts in Ghana and Sanderling demographic data for better understanding of trends in waterbird species populations;
 To review the importance of Ghana’s coastal wetlands for waterbirds with a view to identifying additional wetlands requiring protection to secure long-term survival of key species;
 To advocate for enhanced management of designated Ramsar sites and protection of additional key sites.

This document provides a final report on the activities defined to be implemented under the project and the progress made towards achievement of project objectives and outputs. Details of spending on the funds provided by AEWA for the implementation of the project are presented in a separate document.

 

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