Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site

10/06/2022

Green Ghana 2022,at Anloga technical school with the Anloga DCE and his entourage.

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Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site covers an area of 530 km² and stretches 40km along the eastern coast of Ghana. Designated as a Ramsar site in 1992, it is the largest Ramsar site in Ghana, and comprises of a large expanse of open lagoon with brackish water, floodplain, marshland and extensive mangrove swamps. Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site is an internationally important asset due to the large numbers of water birds it supports. It has a high diversity of bird species accounting for about 80% of all wetland bird species listed in Ghana.

Additionally, the site is home to three species of endangered marine turtles (Leatherback, Green and Olive-ridley); the West African Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei) (Figure 1), an endangered amphibious antelope; and the West African Manatee (Trichecus senegalensis).

Management practices within the Ramsar site include Building Capacity of Stakeholders, Habitat restoration/rehabilitation, Public Education and Awareness Raising, Law Enforcement, Biodiversity Monitoring and Collaborative Resource Management.

SITE ATTRACTION:
Research
Bird viewing
Turtle watch
Boating
Kayaking

Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar site is manage by the Forestry Commission through its Wildlife Division.

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