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Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary Sacred Grove
Boaben & Fiema, Nkoranza North District, Bono East Region
Ghana
Active (community sanctuary)
Single grove
- Location
- Boaben & Fiema, Nkoranza North District, Bono East Region
- Coordinates
- ~7.72°N 1.70°W
- Elevation
- Forest-savanna transition
- Size
- ~250 ha (2.5 km²) dry semi-deciduous forest
- Age / Founded
- Traditional (sacred for generations; reserve gazetted 1974)
- Status
- Active (community sanctuary)
- Deity & Religion
- Daworo (local deity); monkeys are sacred 'children of Daworo'; Akan traditional religion
- Community & Guardians
- Boaben & Fiema communities (Bono)
- Vernacular name
- Sacred grove (Daworo fetish forest)
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Sacred-monkey protection (no killing); monkeys buried with funeral rites; ecotourism
Plant species
Dry semi-deciduous forest trees
Biome & fauna
Forest-savanna transition; ~700 Campbell's mona (Cercopithecus campbelli) & ~300 black-and-white colobus (Colobus vellerosus)
Threats & protection
Wildlife sanctuary; pressure from farming around edges
Source
Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary (Wikipedia; boabengfms.org)