My work is mainly on endangered species management and collaborative resources management leading to better wildlife tolerance in fringe communities.
Agriculture and recently mining activities in the high forest zone of Ghana are negatively affecting wildlife habitat. These activities have caused serious wildlife habitat encroachment and fragmentation leading to increasing human-wildlife conflicts.
An initiative led by the Center for Sustainability Transitions (CST) at Stellenbosch University, in partnership with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and made possible through the JWO research grant.
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