Заједници Екотуризам у Тафи Атоме Монкеи Санцтуари, Гана

The main road through Tafi Atome Village in the Volta region in Ghana. The sacred grove known as a ‘Monkey Sanctuary’ harbours a population of endemic monkeys and has been protected and restored by the local people through an eco-tourism project. (Извор: Н. Symon)
    Сајт

    Село има преко Тафи Атоме 1000 становника и налази се у Дистрикту Хохое у регион Волта Гане. Residents speak Ewe. The village is surrounded by a sacred grove of approximately 28 има. The grove is a semi-deciduous forest and lies within the forest-savannah transitional zone. It is immediately surrounded by grassland and cultivated farmland. Грове уклапа у ИУЦН заштићених подручја Категорији ИВ, станишта и / или врста Манагемент Ареа. Подручје је заштићен 2006 Хохое Окружни подзаконски за главног вредности као станиште светих мајмуна Мона (Церцопитхецус мона мона).

    Према речима становника, приближно 200 година пре, преци житеља ТАФИ атоме области су рекли да су доселили из Ассини у централном Гани на Хохое Дистрикта. Они су са собом донели идола или фетиш који је био смештен у светој шуми у Тафи атоме, како би га безбедно и кул. Шума је одмах сматра светим и због тога заштићена. A short time after their arrival in the area, the village residents began to notice monkeys that they believed they had seen in their original region of Assini, and therefore believed that the monkeys had followed them. The monkeys were henceforth considered ‘representatives of the gods’, and protected as sacred.

    Претње

    У 1980, локални хришћански лидер довео опречна мишљења у традиционалном праву, што је довело до погоршања духовних веза са фетиш шума и ерозија традиционалне заштите. Становници смањи економски одрживих дрвеће, нарочито око свете гају, до еколошка организација помогла једном потврђује заштиту гају у 1990. У току је притисак од стране локалних становника да обришете шума за пољопривредно земљиште и да секу дрвеће. There is also tourism pressure to feed the mona monkeys.

    Статус
    Тхреатенед, there is on-going pressure from local residents to clear the forests for farmland.

    Коалиција
    The community, including the Tourism Management Committee, works with organizations including the Nature Conservation Research Centre (NCRC) to pursue tourism in order to preserve the natural and cultural heritage of the sacred grove.

    Акција
    У 1995, the Accra-based Nature Conservation Research Centre visited the village of Tafi Atome and found the sacred forest in a state of degradation. У 1996, a community-based ecotourism project was started in the village. У 1997, mahogany trees were planted to demarcate the boundary of the sanctuary in order to halt future encroachment of farmland upon the forest edge. 1n 1998, a tourist welcome centre was built to serve as the first point of contact for tourists arriving at the village. It was funded by the community and by external donors. The opinion of the villagers was evaluated in surveys between 2004 и 2006.

    Цонсерватион Алати
    Mention the conservation tools or approaches that have been used or developed to support the work on the sacred natural sites. These can be tools or methods used for inventory or monitoring of plants and animals or for developing community capacity and strengthening of cultural values of the site and its people. The use of planning tools and guidelines should also be mentioned, for example the IUCN UNESCO Sacred Natural Sites Guidelines for Protected Area Managers by Wild and McLeod.

    Tafi Atome Village in the Volta region in Ghana contains a sacred grove known as the ‘Monkey Sanctuary’. The Sanctuary harbours a population of endemic monkeys which have have been protected for many generations. (Извор: A. Ormsby)

    Закон и политика

    Describe the most important policies and law that support or hinder the conservation of sacred natural sites and species. У 2006, the Hohoe District passed official bylaws including restrictions to enter the forest sanctuary, to damage trees, to farm within the protected area, or to kill animals in the grove.

    Резултати
    Community members participating in the 2004 и 2006 surveys said the cultural values of the community have improved as a result of tourism promotion. The arrival of tourists has also brought tourism income, which is distributed among stakeholders (е.г. fetish priest, chiefs) and used for community development, compensation for the landowners of the sanctuary, and educational funds.

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