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Site description (2001 baseline):
Site location and context
The reserve shares a common boundary with Tano-Anwia Forest Reserve (GH020). The area is drained by the Tano and Ehuro rivers, from which the reserve derives its name. Much of the terrain is rugged, with many steep-sided hills. The reserve was subjected to salvage felling in 1988, with the last logging recorded in 1991.
See Box and Tables 2 and 3 for key species.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The site was designated a Forest Reserve in 1967. It is classified as a Condition 5 forest and is reported to have been mostly destroyed by illegal farming, such that only pockets of forest remain between a matrix of farms. Protection of the remnants have, however, been advocated since, taken together with the contiguous Tano-Anwia and Yoyo Forest Reserves (GH020, GH024), the whole constitutes a fairly large block of forest.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tano-Ehuro Forest Reserve (Ghana). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tano-ehuro-forest-reserve-iba-ghana on 23/12/2024.
