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Funding for biodiversity conservation
declines
Nkwanta-South, June 21, Ghanadot/GNA
- Mr Andrew Adjei-Yeboah, Deputy Minister of Lands, Forestry
and Mines, has said public funding towards the provision of
proper biodiversity conservation continues to decline in
many developing countries including Ghana.
Hitherto, he said, adequate financial outlays were vital for
ensuring effective development and management of such
wildlife estates and protected areas for socio-economic
resilience.
Mr Adjei-Yeboah said this at a conference on the development
of the Kyabobo National Park (KNP) at Nkwanta.
The Netherlands embassy funding of 3.2 million Euro spanning
2002-2008 facilitated the development of infrastructure and
capacity building of the park and this financial support is
coming to an end on June 30.
The KNP is a cross-border national park of about 250 square
kilometers and fuses with that of Fazao-Malfakassa of Togo.
He said government was mainstreaming private/public
partnership into the development of wildlife estates and
harness their tourism potentials.
Mr Adjei-Yeboah said government would not sit aloft and
watch the deterioration of KNP considering its potential of
becoming a Safari park.
Nana Kofi Adu-Nsiah, Executive Director of Wildlife Division
of Forestry Commission, said adequate relationships had been
developed with their Togolese counterparts for the
trans-border management of the park and that relationship
with fringe communities have been strengthened for total
collaboration.
Mr Joseph Booker Denteh, Nkwanta South District Chief
Executive, thanked the Royal Netherlands government for
financing the park.
GNA
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