Mae pentref Tafi Atome dros 1000 trigolion ac mae wedi ei leoli o fewn Ardal Hohoe y Rhanbarth Volta o Ghana. Residents speak Ewe. The village is surrounded by a sacred grove of approximately 28 Mae gan. The grove is a semi-deciduous forest and lies within the forest-savannah transitional zone. It is immediately surrounded by grassland and cultivated farmland. Mae'r llwyn ffitio i mewn i'r IUCN ardal warchodedig Categori IV, cynefin a / neu ardal reoli rhywogaethau. Mae'r ardal yn cael ei ddiogelu gan 2006 Hohoe is-ddeddf Dosbarth am ei brif werth fel cynefin ar gyfer cysegredig mwncïod mona (Cercopithecus Mona Mona).
Yn ôl i drigolion, tua 200 mlynedd yn ôl, Dywedir hynafiaid y trigolion yr ardal Atome Tafi i wedi mudo o Assini yng nghanolbarth Ghana i Ardal Hohoe. Maent yn dod gyda hwy eilun neu fetish a gafodd ei osod yn y goedwig sanctaidd yn Tafi Atome, er mwyn ei gadw'n ddiogel ac yn oer. Mae'r goedwig yn ystyried ar unwaith gysegredig ac felly diogelu. 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.
Yn y 1980au, yn arweinydd Cristnogol lleol yn dod bwyntiau croes i gyfraith traddodiadol, a arweiniodd at ddirywiad o gysylltiadau ysbrydol â'r goedwig fetish ac erydiad o amddiffyniad traddodiadol. Torri i lawr coed Trigolion economaidd hyfyw, yn enwedig o amgylch y llwyn sanctaidd, hyd nes y bydd sefydliad amgylcheddol helpu i ail-gadarnhau amddiffyn y llwyn yn y 1990au. Mae pwysau parhaus gan drigolion lleol i glirio'r coedwigoedd ar gyfer tir fferm a thorri coed. There is also tourism pressure to feed the mona monkeys.
Dan Fygythiad, there is on-going pressure from local residents to clear the forests for farmland.
Clymblaid
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.
Gweithredu
Yn 1995, the Accra-based Nature Conservation Research Centre visited the village of Tafi Atome and found the sacred forest in a state of degradation. Yn 1996, a community-based ecotourism project was started in the village. Yn 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 a 2006.
Offer Cadwraeth
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. (Ffynhonnell:
A. Ormsby)
Describe the most important policies and law that support or hinder the conservation of sacred natural sites and species. Yn 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.
Canlyniadau
Community members participating in the 2004 a 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 (ee. fetish priest, chiefs) and used for community development, compensation for the landowners of the sanctuary, and educational funds.
- Ormsby A and Edelman, C. (2010) Yn y gymuned Ecodwristiaeth ar Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary, a Sacred Natural Site in Ghana , in Verschuuren B., Gwyllt R., JA McNeely. ac Oviedo G.. (goln) "Safleoedd Naturiol Sanctaidd : Conserving Nature and Culture” Earth Scan, Llundain.
- Nature Conservation Research Centre (NCRC), Ghana: Ewch i wefan
- Ntiamoa-Baidu, Y. (1995) Indigenous vs. Introduced biodiversity conservation strategies: the case of protected area systems in Ghana, African Biodiversity Series, 1, Biodiversity Support Program, Washington DC: Ewch i wefan
- Ormsby, A. 2012. Perceptions of Tourism at Sacred Groves in Ghana and India. RASAALA: Recreation and Society in Africa, Asia and Latin America 3(1): 1-18.
- Ormsby, A. 2012. Cultural and Conservation Values of Sacred Forests in Ghana. p. 335-350 in Pungetti, G., G. Oviedo and D. Hooke (gol.) Rhywogaethau Sacred a Safleoedd: Mae datblygiadau mewn Cadwraeth Biocultural. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Get the Publication
