Targets relative to PMP Indicators Task 2.1 USAID Indicator
Year 3 Target
1 Improvements assessed by governance Increasing
scorecard developed by CRC 3 Number of institutionsorganizations
4 undergoing capacitycompetency
assessmentstrengthening 4 Number of stakeholders participating in
200 resource mgmt initiatives, workshops, regional
meetings and exchange visits 6 Hectares under Improved Mgt
50 7 Amount of private sector or government
USD 20,000 resources allocated for planning and
implementation of ICM
2.2 Focal Area: Cape 3 Points Ahanta West
Activity leaders : Kyei Yamoah, Froukje Kruijssen, Senior Consevation Officer to be recruited
Activity Team : Nana Efua, Patricia Mensah, Felix Nany, WFC Team, Peace Corps Volunteers
2, NGO Conservation Foundation, NGO Blue Ventures As with Shama district, this focal area remains central in landscape governance, but also hosts a
pilot site for integrated resource governance and sustainable livelihood implementation.
The largely undeveloped coast line possesses a series of pocket beaches where low-key guest houses and tourism facilities have been established. Large economic forces, including oil and
gas exploration and production, new proposals for large scale coastal tourism investments, continuing expansion of rubber and oil palm plantations and outgrowing, and recent proposals to
extract gold from numerous sites in these same areas around the perimeter of Cape Three Points Forest, have appeared as major challenges to any assumption that coastal development will be
gradual and gentle in its use of the focal area’s natural resources and existing businesses and settlements.
A major emphasis in the remaining two years of the project will be to examine conditions at selected landing beaches and define how the enabling conditions may be strengthened for
improving the manner in which the infrastructure and services required to receive, process and ship a highly perishable product may be put in place. This requires spatial planning in a context
of climate change and strengthening the capacity of local governance systems to resolve conflicts and meet increasing demand for shorefront space from competing industries.
In Year 2, CRC-Ghana and its partners expanded their engagement with leaders and stakeholders in Ahanta West to learn about and provide input on ongoing development planning work,
especially the spatial planning effort led by a consortium of Korean organizations. An experienced professional volunteer assessed the capacity of villages in the vicinity of Cape Three
Points forest to establish and carry out community resource management areas CREMA which
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have proven successful in other parts of Ghana. Stakeholders and leaders participated in capacity building activities on planning and climate change adaptation sponsored by Hen
Mpoano during the year. General purpose maps were completed for the District and special land use land cover maps initiated using LANDSAT imagery as a baseline for understanding
landscape connectivity and change. Initial field visits to identify shore issues were conducted but detailed shoreline characterization and assessment work was deferred to Year 3.
As in Shama, during Years 3 and 4, Hen Mpoano actions in Ahanta West will pilot diagnosis and engagement at the household, livelihood and community organization level as a way-in to
actions that promote community resilience, wellbeing and sustainable livelihoods. These actions must then be integrated with, and form a critical part of, coastal governance reform processes.
Main activities for the Cape three Points Focal Area are described below:
2.2.1 District Level Coastal Management Coastal village issues survey, social and economic data
Maintain an up-to-date compendium, the ICFG Binder, of the interim products being created for Cape Three Points focal area, organized around the priority issues and geographic areas of
concern.
Shoreline characterization survey Conduct a rapid assessment of shoreline characteristics and uses to update the 2004
environmental atlas and identify areas of particular concern that are targeted for expanded tourism development
Effective participation of coastal stakeholders in District spatial planning Make contributions where appropriate to the Tullow-supported District spatial planning
underway as well as the coastal tourism and wetlands habitats elements of the Korean consortium master plan in Ahanta West. For both, contribute a language that would set a
supportive framework for shore management.
Hazards and climate change vulnerability assessment, related training, relocation strategy ｸ Conduct more detailed shore use and vulnerability assessments for priority coastal tourism
sites. ｸ Conduct a flood hazard, shore characteristics and use and climate change vulnerability
assessment with community involvement in Prince’s Town and the confluence of the Nyili- Kapani Rivers.
ｸ Prepare a community resilience strategy with early implementation actions.
Best practice guidelines on shore use ｸ Promote voluntary best practices for beach resort development, Ehunli Lagoon. Develop
guidance for voluntary adoption of best development practices for existing and proposed tourism investments.
ｸ Follow-up on capacity building programs and activities for eco-tourism related livelihoods in the greater Cape Three Points area.
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