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Topic
GIS Based Wildlife Habitat
Suitability Modeling within the
Jelinkon Community Resource
Management Area around Mole
National Park.
Lawrence A. Akpalu
Christian Atsu Fumey-Nassah
Benard Asamoah
INTRODUCTION
The Community Resource
Management Area (CREMA)
is geared to wards developing
mechanisms for sustainable use
and management of natural
resources outsideShaded
protected
Assessment
Cocoa farm
areas
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INTRODUCTION
This could be achieved through
integrating the use of natural resources
into the existing land use practices
with local communities who live at the
fringes of PAs
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INTRODUCTION
It is therefore important that we
understand the relationships between
the wild animals and their habitats
And this has called for
habitat evaluation
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INTRODUCTION
Habitat evaluation is the assessment of
the suitability of land (or water) as a
habitat for specific wildlife species
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INTRODUCTION
To achieve this one needs a
modeling to predict the suitability of
land given a particular set of land
conditions. Such model is called a
habitat (environmental) suitability
model
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In this study we have used remote
sensing and GIS based techniques
to model habitat suitability of some
key species of interest to the
Jelinkon Community Resource
Management Area around Mole
National Park.
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Goal of the study
 Support forest fringe communities to restore
and manage habitats for the return of
wildlife to the Jelinkon CREMA through
appropriate conservation mechanisms
 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
 A) To undertake habitat assessment of the
Community Management Resource Area
 B) To delineate the sites that required
specific planning and management
interventions
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Study area
Jelikon is found in the Sawla Tuna district of the northern region. It is about 10km from the
district capital, Sawla and 4km from the nearest boundary of the Mole National Park.
Jelikion is located on the coordinates N09º 19.437, W002º 20.646. It has approximately
3328 households with an estimated population of 2626. here are seven different settlements
which constituents the Jelikon community. The community is headed by a Chief ,whose
primary responsibilities include conflict resolutions
Methodology
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METHOD
Planninig with Jelinkon community for the species selection
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Selection of wildlife species
It is worthy of note that the animals used in this
study were selected by the community based on
their protein requirement, medicinal and cultural
values.
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Model criteria
Animal
Grasscutter
Bushbuck
Red-Flanked
Duiker
Kob
Waterbuck
Green Monkey
Patas Monkey
Leopard
Hartebeest
Preferred Vegetation Preferred Distance to
water (km)
Grasslands, farmlands ≤2
Open vegetation and
farms
Secondary forest and
Forest
Grassland
Open grassland and
open woodland
Riverine woodland
(forest)
Open vegetation
10-30
Preferred Distance to
Settlements (Km)
500-1500near
≤2
10-30
Near 500-1500
≤1
10-30
≥1500
≤2
≤3
10-30
0-50
0-500
≤1
10-30
500-1500 medium
≤2
≤4
≤15
30-50
30-50
10-30
Near 0-500
Open savanna and
wooded grassland
Warthog
Open grassland,
≤3
woodland savana
Lion
woodland
Roan Antelope
Open and lightly
≤15
wooded grassland and
tall garssland
Crested Pocupiner Wooodlands,
≤4
grasslands and rocky
areas
Preferred Slope
10-30
500-1500
500-1500
10-30
500-1500
10-50
500-1500
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Distance to town model
Degree of slope model
BUSHBUCK MODEL
Distance to water model
Landcover classification
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INTEGRATION OF MODELS/SUITABILITY MAP FOR BUSHBUCK
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Suitable & unsuitable areas in J elinkon CREMA
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14000
12000
A rea (h a)
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2000
0
Bushbuck
Lion
Crested
porcupine
Royal Antelope
Leopard
Kob
Grasscutter
Waterbuck
S uitable
8644.71
4198.27
6687.44
6447.76
2687.85
1417.94
5979.14
8644.71
Non S uitable
7320.65
11765.65
9274.88
9517.36
13275.64
14544.21
9981.44
7320.61
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Conclusion
SUITABILITY OF HABITATS FOR IDENTIFIED SPECIES
The chart shows that bushbuck and water buck have more
suitable area than any specie at Jelinkon. This is probably
due to the fact that from Landcover map above, we see that
Jelinkon has a lot of open areas and farmlands. Referring to
Criteria above, bushbuck prefer habitats of such nature hence
their dominance in Jelinkon where this habitat probably
dominates. This habitat preference by bushbuck apparently
confirms similar work done in the Western region by
Asamoah-Boateng et.al 2008. It is also in line with Yaw Boafo’s
work on wildlife species flash analysis work done
in Western region in 2005. Yaw concluded that more bushbucks
were found in secondary vegetation particularly on
farmlands and open areas.
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Recommendation
Proper habitat
evaluation/suitability
should be conducted for
all CREMAs
Should have
strong
policy
backing
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Necessary
conservation measures
should be considered
to ensure species
survival within the
CREMA
Establish
Other
livelihood
support
programmes
within
CREMAs
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References
 For more information contact
 Lawrence Atsu Akpalu
 Mapping Unit
 Resource Management Support Unit
 P.O.Box 1457
 Kumasi
 [email protected]
 Christian Atsu Fumey-Nassah
 Wildlife Unit
 Resource Management Support Centre
 P.O.Box 1457 Kumasi
 [email protected]
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Thank you
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