scholarly journals Ghana's New Forest National Park

Oryx ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia M. Jeffrey

In May 1974 Ghana created its first high forest national park. This is a forest reserve in the Bia tributaries area of the Western Region, comprising 118 square miles of some of the highest forest in West Africa, including primary unlogged forest, with an annual rainfall of 57 inches spread over ten to eleven months. The area was chosen partly for the large numbers of elephants and monkeys. The possibility of a forest national park in this region has been under consideration for at least five years; success was achieved after lengthy negotiations under the keen direction of the Chief Game and Wildlife Officer, Dr E. O. A. Asibey.

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 928
Author(s):  
Camila Mendes Dos Santos ◽  
Cláudio Lindenberg De Freitas ◽  
Igor Crabi De Freitas ◽  
Ismael Aparecido Da Silva ◽  
Nivea Adriana Dias Pons ◽  
...  

O Parque Nacional do Itatiaia (PNI) é uma Unidade de Conservação de proteção integral, que tem por objetivo preservar ambientes aquáticos e terrestres da região da mata atlântica em virtude de sua beleza e raridade. A conservação do PNI depende diretamente das áreas ao redor e o uso irregular destas áreas circunvizinhas impacta negativamente nos processos ecológicos do parque. Observando essa problemática o presente estudo visa analisar a expansão antrópica na região oeste do município de Resende – RJ, em relação ao PNI. Realizaram-se pesquisas bibliográfica e documental sobre o Plano Diretor (PD) do município de Resende e o Plano de Manejo (PM) do PNI. Através de processos de geoprocessamento com base na legislação vigente, analisou-se documentos cartográficos processados a partir da vetorização de shapefiles no Arcgis 10.2 e análise temporal nos anos de 2003, 2013 e 2017 dos dados disponíveis no Google Earth. Os resultados demonstram diminuição das pastagens e aumento do número de edificações ao longo dos anos de estudo. O PM do PNI e o PD de Resende consideram o entorno do parque como uma região sujeita a restrições de atividades humanas, com o intuito de minimizar os impactos negativos ao parque. Contudo, por falta de integração entre os planos alguns pontos se tornam divergentes, muito em decorrência do PD não levar em consideração a zona de amortecimento (ZA) do PNI. Conclui-se o controle da ação antrópica na região é fundamental para garantia e preservação do PNI no município de Resende, a fim de promover um desenvolvimento sustentável. Analysis of the anthropic expansion in the western region of the municipality of Resende - RJ, in relation to the Itatiaia National Park The National Park of Itatiaia (PNI) is a Conservation Unit of integral protection, whose objective is to preserve aquatic and terrestrial environments of the region of the Atlantic forest due to its beauty and rarity. The conservation of the PNI depends directly on the surrounding areas and the irregular use of the surrounding areas has a negative impact on the ecological processes of the park. Observing this problem, the present study aims to analyze the anthropic expansion in the western region of the city of Resende - RJ, in relation to the PNI. Bibliographical and documentary research on the Master Plan (PD) of the municipality of Resende and the Management Plan (PM) of the PNI were carried out. Through geoprocessing processes based on the current legislation, we analyzed cartographic documents processed from the vectorization of shapefiles in Arcgis 10.2 and temporal analysis in the years 2003, 2013 and 2017 of the data available in Google Earth. The results demonstrate a reduction of pastures and an increase in the number and buildings throughout the study years. The PM of the PNI and the PD of Resende consider the surroundings of the park as a region subject to restrictions of human activities, in order to minimize the negative impacts to the park. However, due to lack of integration between the plans some points become divergent, much as the PD does not take into account the buffer zone (ZA) of the PNI. The control of the anthropic action in the region is fundamental to guarantee and preserve the PNI in the municipality of Resende, in order to promote a sustainable development.  Keywords: Expansion; Geoprocessing; Protection Area.


Author(s):  
H. Serediuk

At the present stage of the study of the fauna of the Neuroptera Galician National Park, there are 11 species belonging to seven genera, three families. The species Chrysopa commata Kis & Ujhelyi was marked for the western region of Ukraine for the first time as well as the species Chrysopa hungarica Klap for the pre-Carpathian region.


2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
MB Hossain ◽  
S Yesmin ◽  
M Maniruzzaman ◽  
JC Biswas

Understanding of crop water requirement is essential for irrigation scheduling and selection of cropping pattern in any particular area. A study was conducted to estimate irrigation requirement and made irrigation scheduling of T. Aman (wet season) and Boro (dry season irrigated) rice in the western region of Bangladesh using CROPWAT model. Historical climate data from three weather stations in the region along with soil and crop data were used as input to FAO Penman-Monteith method to estimate reference evapotranspiration (ETo). Effective rainfall was calculated using USDA soil conservation method. The model estimated1408 mm annual ETo in the study area, of which the highest amounts of 175 mm was in April and the lowest (70 mm) in December. The average annual rainfall was 1592 mm of which 986 mm was effective for plant growth and development. The model estimated ETc of BRRI dhan49, which was 473 to 458 mm, depending on its transplanting dates from 15 July to 15 August. Rice transplanted on 15 July required no irrigation, whereas three supplemental irrigations amounting 279 mm were required for transplanting on 15 August. The CROPWAT model estimated seasonal irrigation water requirement of 1212 mm (12 spilt applications) for BRRIdhan28 transplanted on 15 January. This model has also a potentiality to make irrigation scheduling of other crops. The Agriculturists 2017; 15(1) 19-27


Koedoe ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
W.P. Du plessis ◽  
G.J. Bredenkamp ◽  
W.S.W. Trollope

The degradation status of 88 sample plots situated in two plant communities in the western region of Etosha National Park was determined. Herbaceous species frequency was correlated by means of an ordination technique with utilisation intensities. Species were categorised in ecological categories (Decreasers and Increasers) according to their abundance along a degradation gradient. This more objective approach is compared with an initial subjective grouping of species. The dangers of blindly following the ordinated results are discussed, and it is concluded that ordination results need to be verified by careful ecological interpretation.


Author(s):  
Abdulmalik Alghamdi ◽  
Mohammed Alzahrani ◽  
Abdulla Alhamami ◽  
Adel Altalhi ◽  
Ali Alkhathami ◽  
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