Working to
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What is Friends of
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Why the need to work
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The area has a rich geological and biodiversity
information and is also endowed with historical and cultural information. These
are all very educative to a visitor to the site, and they can be harnessed to
provide the grounds for sustainable community-based ecotourism.
The formation of the crater by the meteorite
impact has rendered the landscape very weak with shattered, fractured and
faulted rocks dominating in the area. Weak zones are therefore prominent thus
making the area susceptible to landslides and massive erosion that can cause a
rapid siltation of the lake with disastrous
consequences for the aquatic life. The lake could even dry up as a result.
The people living close to this beautiful
natural resource generally have to cope with a very low standard of living.
Their livelihoods depend mainly on fishing and subsistence farming. The farming
practices adopted and the over dependence on fishing are having negative
impacts on both the land and the lake. Agricultural activities such as slash
and burn and shifting cultivation with very short fallow periods have resulted
in land degradation. Illegal tree felling is threatening to destroy the last
spots of rain forest in the area. The fish stock in the lake has been
continuously decreasing since the last decades due to over fishing, destruction
of reed zones and poor fishing methods such as the scooping of fingerlings and
the use of small-sized nets.
There is therefore the strong need to look at
alternative livelihoods for the people in order to protect this beautiful natural
landscape for generations to come.
Aims and Objectives of
Friends of
The aims and objectives of Friends of Lake Bosomtwe are geared towards helping the people living in
the villages around
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Creating environmental protection awareness among the people to bring
about sustainable developments in the lake area
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Identifying, documenting and protecting the rich cultural, historical
and scientific information of
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Packaging of the information to suite target groups (local communities,
basic schools, students and the general public)
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Identifying and establishing three information centers
around the
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Training of the target group and involving them to develop and manage a
sustainable community based ecotourism projects that will contribute to a
reduction of poverty in the area
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Carrying out self-help projects with active participation of the target
communities; it is expected that the communities themselves identify the type
of project and therefore the need for it.
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Facilitating the formation of Lake Bosomtwe
Fishermen Association and enhancing its sustainability
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Establishment of a sustainable ecotourism programme
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Undertaking educative programmes in the following areas:
1. child education
2. sanitation and health
3. human rights, etc.
Organizational
Structure of Friends of
Friends of Lake Bosomtwe
is made up of Ghanaians and members from countries abroad, who have Lake Bosomtwe at heart and are working very hard to protect the
lake for future generations. The NGO at the moment consists of core members who
are working towards the realization of the objectives of the association. Some
of the core members constitute the Executive Committee of the NGO. Membership is however open to other people
who are ready to sacrifice their time and energy in respect of the aims and
objectives of the NGO.
Office and Place of
Meeting
Our office is located at the Department of
Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi.,
where all business transactions including projects planning take place. Efforts
are being made to acquire an office close to
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