Achievements
- Rediscovery of the Critically Endangered Nubian Flapshell Turtle (Cyclanorbis elegans) in Upper East Region in 2020 which was thought to be extinct in Ghana. Cyclanorbis elegans is the most endangered African turtle (African Chelonian Institute). The species is drafted critically endangered by IUCN/SSC TFTSG (2013 assessment) due to its increasing rarity. With growing threats to freshwater biodiversity in general (Darwall et al., 2011), C. elegans faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future due to lack of basic data on ecology, current distribution, population status and trade for bushmeat and traditional medicines (Diagne, 2010 and Luiselli, 2011). There is currently no quantitative data on any population and fewer than 5 live specimens recorded in the last 20 years (Baker et al., 2015).
- Records and confirmation of the Togo slippery frog (Conraua derooi) in Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Eastern Region in 2021, which is an evolutionary distinct and Critically Endangered frog known to occur in only two isolated sites in the world: The Atewa mountains and the Togo-Volta Hills. It ranks 18th in the hundredmost genetically distinct and critically endangered in the world: It is as different from other amphibians as humans are from pigs. The species is likely to be endemic to the Togo-Volta Highlands of eastern Ghana and western Togo.
- Contribution towards establishment of the Lake Bosumtwi UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Ashanti Region in collaboration with the UNESCO MAB Committee.