Dadieso Forest Reserve (6319)
Ghana, Africa

Site overview

KBA status: confirmed

Year of last assessment: 2015

National site name: Dadieso Forest Reserve

Central coordinates: Latitude: 5.9852, Longitude: -3.0282

System: terrestrial

Elevation (m): 100 to 180

Area of KBA (km²): 162.28146

Protected area coverage (%): 100.00

KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD

Legacy site: Yes

Site details

Site description: The Dadieso Forest Reserve is located beside the Enchi–Dadieso road in the south-west of the country. The western boundary of the reserve coincides with the international border with Côte d’Ivoire. The site is linked to two other Forest Reserves, Boin River (GH005) and Yoyo (GH024) through a small corridor forest, Disue Forest Reserve. The terrain comprises a series of hills with swampy valleys and the forest is transitional between moist evergreen and wet evergreen. Apart from some random roadside felling of trees along the road, the reserve is primary forest in good condition.

Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas) KBA identified in the CEPF Ecosystem Profile of the Guinea Forests of West Africa Hotspot (2015). Taxonomy, nomenclature and threat status follow the 2013 IUCN Red List.

Additional biodiversity: See Box and Tables 2 and 3 for key species. Non-bird biodiversity: Rapid surveys revealed a rich faunal diversity, including 37 species of large mammal, seven species of bat and 15 species of reptile. Species of conservation concern reported to occur in the area include Tragelaphus euryceros (LR/nt), Procolobus verus (LR/nt), Cercopithecus diana (VU), Pan troglodytes (EN) and Loxodonta africana cyclotis (EN).

Habitats

Land use: forestry | water management

IUCN Habitat	Coverage %	Habitat detail
Unknown	15
Forest	77
Artificial - Terrestrial	7

Threats

Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA: Unlike most others in the country, this pristine forest was designated a Forest Reserve only relatively recently (1977). The reserve is the only forest in Ghana scored as Condition 1, (GHI 116) and was recently designated a Globally Significant Biodiversity Site by the Forestry Department. The site certainly merits complete protection, being one of the few significant undisturbed blocks of forest remaining in the country. A more detailed study is required to establish the faunal importance of the site.

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