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Goals of the Wechiau Community Hippopotamus Sanctuary
  • Involve local communities as leaders of the project.
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Goals of the Wechiau Community Hippopotamus Sanctuary
  • Involve local communities as leaders of the project.
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Goals of the Wechiau Community Hippopotamus Sanctuary
  • Involve local communities as leaders of the project.
  • Protect Ghana’s last hippopotamus population.
  • Recover wildlife and plant populations depleted by overharvest, fire, and habitat loss.
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Goals of the Wechiau Community Hippopotamus Sanctuary
  • Involve local communities as leaders of the project.
  • Protect Ghana’s last hippopotamus population.
  • Recover wildlife and plant populations depleted by overharvest, fire, farming, and habitat loss.
  • Improve food security and minimize harmful farming practices, such as annual fires.*
  • Develop economic benefits through wildlife tourism and cultural tourism, while insuring that local people retain control of their cultural destiny.
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Talawoona Lodge
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Talawoona
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A crucial assumption is that conservation and development are inherently compatible – this may be as false as the assumption that they are inherently in conflict.
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