Заедницата Екотуризмот во Tafi Atome Мајмун Светилиштето, 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: S. Symon)
    Мапа

    Селото Tafi Atome има над 1000 жители и се наоѓа во рамките на Hohoe округ на регионот Волта на Гана. 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. Шумичката се вклопува во IUCN заштитено подрачје Категорија IV, живеалиште и / или видови областа на управувањето. Областа е заштитена со 2006 Hohoe Окружниот подзаконски акт за нејзините главни вредност како живеалиште за свето mona мајмуни (Cercopithecus mona mona).

    Според жителите, приближно 200 години, предците на жителите на TAFI Atome областа се вели дека мигрирале од Assini во централна Гана до Окружниот Hohoe. Тие го донесоа со нив идол или фетиш кој беше ставен во свето шума во TAFI Atome, со цел да го чува безбедно и студена. Шумата беше веднаш сметале за свети и затоа заштитени. 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.

    Закани

    Во 1980-тите, локален христијански лидер донесе спротивставени ставови на традиционалните закон, што доведе до влошување на духовниот врски со фетиш шума и ерозијата на традиционалните заштита. Жителите се намали економски одржлива дрвја, особено околу светото шумичка, додека еколошката организација помогна ре-афирмира заштита на шумичката во 1990-тите. Во тек е притисок од локалните жители да се расчисти шуми за обработливо земјиште и да сече дрва. There is also tourism pressure to feed the mona monkeys.

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

    Коалицијата
    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
    Во 1995, the Accra-based Nature Conservation Research Centre visited the village of Tafi Atome and found the sacred forest in a state of degradation. Во 1996, a community-based ecotourism project was started in the village. Во 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.

    Конзервација Алатки
    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: А. Ormsby)

    Право и политика

    Describe the most important policies and law that support or hinder the conservation of sacred natural sites and species. Во 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 (e.g. fetish priest, chiefs) and used for community development, compensation for the landowners of the sanctuary, and educational funds.

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