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Abrafo
Abrafo is a small village located in Twifo/Heman/Lower Denkyira District of the Central Region of Ghana about 30 kilometers north of Cape Coast.
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Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).
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African civet
The African civet (Civettictis civetta) is the largest representative of the African Viverridae and the sole member of its genus.
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African elephant
African elephants are elephants of the genus Loxodonta.
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African forest buffalo
The African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus), known also as the Congo buffalo, is the smallest subspecies of the African buffalo.
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African forest elephant
The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is a forest-dwelling species of elephant found in the Congo Basin.
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African palm civet
The African palm civet (Nandinia binotata), also known as the two-spotted palm civet, is a small mammal, with short legs, small ears, a body resembling a cat, and a lithe tail as long as its body.
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Albizia
Albizia is a genus of about 150 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae.
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Alstonia
Alstonia is a widespread genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, of the dogbane plant family Apocynaceae.
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Antelope
An antelope is a member of a number of even-toed ungulate species indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia.
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Antiaris
Antiaris toxicaria is a tree in the mulberry and fig family, Moraceae.
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Assin-Attandanso Game Production Reserve
The Assin-Attandanso Game Production Reserve is a protected area in Ghana falling in IUCN Category VI.
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BirdLife International
BirdLife International (formerly the International Council for Bird Preservation) is a global partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats, and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources.
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Bongo (antelope)
The bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate.
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Brown-cheeked hornbill
The brown-cheeked hornbill (Bycanistes cylindricus) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucorvidae.
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Calamus (palm)
Calamus is a genus of the palm family Arecaceae.
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Canopy walkway
Canopy walkways - also called canopy walks, treetop walks or treetop walkways - provide pedestrian access to the forest canopy.
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Cape Coast
Cape Coast, or Cabo Corso, is a city, fishing port, and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District and Central Region of south Ghana.
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Carapa
Carapa is a genus of flowering plants in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.
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Cat
The domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus or Felis catus) is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal.
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Ceiba
Ceiba is a genus of trees in the Malvaceace family, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean to N Argentina) and tropical West Africa.
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Ceiba pentandra
Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously separated in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety C. pentandra var. guineensis) to tropical west Africa.
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Celtis
Celtis, commonly known as hackberries or nettle trees, is a genus of about 60–70 species of deciduous trees widespread in warm temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, in southern Europe, southern and eastern Asia, and southern and central North America, south to central Africa, and northern and central South America.
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Central Region (Ghana)
The Central Region is one of the ten administrative regions of Ghana.
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Civet
A civet is a small, lithe-bodied, mostly nocturnal mammal native to tropical Asia and Africa, especially the tropical forests.
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Commelina
Commelina is a genus of approximately 170 species commonly called dayflowers due to the short lives of their flowers.
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Copper-tailed starling
The copper-tailed starling or copper-tailed glossy-starling (Hylopsar cupreocauda) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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Crested porcupine
The crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae found in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.
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Diana monkey
The Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is an Old World monkey found in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Côte d'Ivoire.
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Duiker
A duiker is a small to medium-sized brown in colour antelope native to Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Dwarf crocodile
The dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis), also known commonly as the African dwarf crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile, or bony crocodile, is an African crocodile that is also the smallest extant crocodile species.
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Earth Day
Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22.
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Elmina
Elmina is a town and the capital of the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District on the south coast of South Ghana in the Central Region, situated on a south-facing bay on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Ghana, west of Cape Coast.
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Entandrophragma
Entandrophragma is a genus of twelve known species of deciduous trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae, restricted to tropical Africa.
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Eremospatha
Eremospatha is a genus of climbing flowering plants in the palm family found in tropical Africa.
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Euphorbia
Euphorbia is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae).
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Forest giant squirrel
The forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri) or Stanger's squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
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Gamekeeper
A gamekeeper (often abbreviated to keeper) is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling, and who manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish, and other wildlife in general.
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Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.
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Giant forest hog
The giant forest hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni), the only member of its genus, is native to wooded habitats in Africa and generally is considered the largest wild member of the pig family, Suidae; a few subspecies of the wild boar can reach an even larger size.
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Giant pangolin
The giant pangolin (Smutsia gigantea) is a pangolin species.
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Glyphaea
Glyphaea is a genus of flowering plant in the Malvaceae sensu lato or Tiliaceae or Sparrmanniaceae family.
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Granite
Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.
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Green-tailed bristlebill
The green-tailed bristlebill (Bleda eximius) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
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Grey parrot
The grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), also known as the Congo grey parrot or African grey parrot, is an Old World parrot in the family Psittacidae.
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Guarea cedrata
Guarea cedrata (also called Light Bossé or Scented Guarea) is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family.
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Guarea thompsonii
Guarea thompsonii (also called Black Guarea or Dark Bossé) is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family.
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Hildegardia (plant)
Hildegardia is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae.
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Home's hinge-back tortoise
Home's hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys homeana) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae.
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Hornbill
The hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia.
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Important Bird Area
An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.
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IUCN protected area categories
IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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Laccosperma
Laccosperma is a clustering genus of flowering plant in the family palm found in tropical Africa.
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Laccosperma secundiflorum
Ancistrophyllum secundiflorum or the Gao (syn. Laccosperma secundiflora) is a species of palm found in the Dzangha-Sangha tropical forests of Cameroon.
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Leopard
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five species in the genus Panthera, a member of the Felidae.
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Long-tailed pangolin
The long-tailed pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla), also called the African black-bellied pangolin, or ipi, is an arboreal pangolin belonging to the family Manidae, in the order Pholidota.
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Mahogany
Mahogany is a kind of wood—the straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, indigenous to the AmericasBridgewater, Samuel (2012).
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Milicia excelsa
Milicia excelsa (commonly known as African teak, mvule or iroko) is a tree species from tropical Africa.
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National park
A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes.
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Olive colobus
The olive colobus monkey (Procolobus verus), also known as the green colobus or Van Beneden's colobus, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.
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Paullinia
Paullinia is a genus of flowering shrubs, small trees and lianas in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, native to tropical South America, Central America and the Caribbean.
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Piptadeniastrum
Piptadeniastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.
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Polycarpaea
Polycarpaea is a genus of plant in family Caryophyllaceae.
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Potto
The potto (Perodicticus potto) is a strepsirrhine primate of the family Lorisidae.
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Primate
A primate is a mammal of the order Primates (Latin: "prime, first rank").
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Prince Demidoff's bushbaby
Prince Demidoff's bushbaby (Galagoides demidovii), also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae.
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Pterygota macrocarpa
Pterygota macrocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae.
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Raphia vinifera
Raphia vinifera, the West African piassava palm, bamboo palm or West African bass fibre is a palm tree species in the genus Raphia.
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Red river hog
The red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus), also known as the bush pig (but not to be confused with P. larvatus, common name "bushpig"), is a wild member of the pig family living in Africa, with most of its distribution in the Guinean and Congolian forests.
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Red-fronted antpecker
The red-fronted antpecker (Parmoptila rubrifrons) is a species of songbird found in Western Africa.
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Ricinodendron
Ricinodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864.
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Roloway monkey
The roloway monkey (Cercopithecus roloway) is an endangered species of Old World monkey endemic to tropical West Africa.
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Rufous-winged illadopsis
The rufous-winged illadopsis (Illadopsis rufescens) is a species of bird in the Pellorneidae family.
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Sansevieria
Sansevieria is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants, native to Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia.
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Sapele
Entandrophragma cylindricum, commonly known as the sapele or sapelli, is a large tree native to tropical Africa.
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Sarcophrynium
Sarcophrynium is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae indigenous to tropical Africa.
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Serrated tortoise
The serrated tortoise, Psammobates oculifer, Kalahari-Strahlenschildkröte, is a species of tortoise that occurs in the Kalahari desert regions of southern Africa.
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Sterculia
Sterculia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae: subfamily Sterculioideae (previously placed in the now obsolete Sterculiaceae).
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Sterculia oblonga
Sterculia oblonga, the yellow sterculia, is a commercial timber tree in the Sterculiaceae family.
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Terminalia superba
Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, or afara (UK), korina (US), is a large tree in the family Combretaceae, native to tropical western Africa.
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Thaumatococcus daniellii
Thaumatococcus daniellii is a plant species from Africa, known for being the natural source of thaumatin, an intensely sweet protein which is of interest in the development of sweeteners.
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Tree pangolin
The tree pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) is one of eight extant species of pangolins ("scaly anteaters"), and is native to equatorial Africa.
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Triplochiton
Triplochiton is a genus of flowering plants in the Malvaceae family.
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Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forests, are a tropical and subtropical forest biome, sometimes referred to as jungle.
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Tropical rainforest
Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season – all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm – and may also be referred to as lowland equatorial evergreen rainforest.
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Uapaca
Uapaca is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.
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Ursine colobus
The ursine colobus (Colobus vellerosus, white-thighed colobus, Geoffroy's black-and-white colobus, white-thighed black-and-white colobus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.
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Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.
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Vine
A vine (Latin vīnea "grapevine", "vineyard", from vīnum "wine") is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas or runners.
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White-breasted guineafowl
The white-breasted guineafowl (Agelastes meleagrides) is a medium-sized, up to 45 cm long, terrestrial bird of the guineafowl family.
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World Heritage site
A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.
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Xylopia
Xylopia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae.
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Yellow-backed duiker
The yellow-backed duiker (Cephalophus silvicultor) is a forest dwelling antelope in the order Artiodactyla from the family Bovidae.
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Yellow-bearded greenbul
The yellow-bearded greenbul (Criniger olivaceus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
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Yellow-casqued hornbill
The yellow-casqued hornbill (Ceratogymna elata), also known as the yellow-casqued wattled hornbill, is found in the rainforest of coastal regions of West Africa, for example in Côte d'Ivoire.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakum_National_Park