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Throughout West Africa, declining fisheries resources and rising human populations have accelerated the displacement of many communities from their traditional food sources. This in turn is driving new forms of aquatic meat consumption, as well as the rise of illegal local and international trade aimed at revenue generation.

The coastal ecosystems of West Africa are a rich source of biological diversity and natural resources. They provide critical environmental services: natural vegetative buffers to fluctuating tides and rain events; regulation of salinity and water quality where freshwater rivers and coastal saltwater meet; fixation and storage of carbon; and spawning grounds for aquatic resources.

Famously known as the king of the jungle, the African lion is the second largest living species of the big cats, after the tiger. African lions are found mostly in savannah grasslands across many parts of sub-Saharan Africa but the “Babary lion” used to exist in the North of Africa including Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria,…

Many authors believe that the Ghanaian lion population is most likely extinct. A study conducted by Angelici et al (2015). in the most important parks and other protected areas of Ghana, mainly focusing on Mole National Park reveals the historical and current status of the Ghanaian lion