Conservation Leadership Programme: Final Report CLP project ID & Project title: 1457 - Saving the Endangered Giant Squeaker Frog, Arthroleptis krokosua Host country, site location and the dates in the field: Ghana, Sui River Forest Reserve. Dates in the field: 07-11/06/2013, 17-25/08/2013, 06-15/09/2013, 12-16/07/2014, 10-20/12/2014. Participating Organisations or Institutions: The Forestry Commission of Ghana, SAVE THE FROGS! USA, Sefwi-Wiaso District Assembly and Traditional Council, logging companies; Logs and Lumber Ltd. and John Bitar & Co. Ltd., SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana undergraduate chapters, and Ghana Education Service. The overall aim summarised in 10–15 words: Contribute data on the habitat and population ecology of the Giant Squeaker Frog (Arthroleptis krokosua). Full names of author(s): Gilbert Baase Adum (Project Leader), Jacqueline Sapoama Kumadoh, Alfred Kofi Bara, Ohene Boakye Adomako and Sandra Owusu-Gyamfi Permanent contact address, email and website: SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana, Box KS 15924, Adum-Kumasi, Ghana, e-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.savethefrogs.com/ghana Date which the report was completed: 28/11/2015 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Project Partners & Collaborators .................................................................................................... 5 SECTION 1: ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Summary.......................................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Conservation Value of the Project work ......................................................................................... 6 The Conservation Problem and Issues Addressed .......................................................................... 6 Background to the Project Site and its Conservation Significance .................................................. 6 Key Project Partners and Their Role ................................................................................................ 7 Project Members ............................................................................................................................. 8 SECTION 2: ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Aim and Objectives .......................................................................................................................... 9 Overall goal: ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Objectives: ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Changes to Original Project Plan ..................................................................................................... 9 Methodology ................................................................................................................................. 10 Objective 1 Population Estimates of the Giant Squeaker Frog ..................................................... 10 Objective 2 Habitat Use and Identification of Threats .................................................................. 10 Objective 3 Conservation Education Programme (Awareness Creation)...................................... 10 Objective 4 Stakeholder Involvement and Capacity Building in Amphibian Conservation ........... 11 Outputs and Results ...................................................................................................................... 11 Objective 1 ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Objective 2 ................................................................................................................................... 133 Objective 2.1 Habitat Use .............................................................................................................. 13 Objective 2.2 Identification of Threats.. ...................................................................................... 133 Logging .......................................................................................................................................... 13 Agriculture ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Mining ............................................................................................................................................ 14 Alien Plant Invasion ....................................................................................................................... 14 Charcoaling .................................................................................................................................... 14 Objective 3 ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Objective 4 ..................................................................................................................................... 17 2 Communication & Application of Results ...................................................................................... 18 Monitoring and Evaluation ............................................................................................................ 19 Achievements and Impacts ........................................................................................................... 19 Objective 1 ..................................................................................................................................... 19 Objective 2 ..................................................................................................................................... 20 Objective 3 ..................................................................................................................................... 20 Objective 4 ..................................................................................................................................... 20 Capacity Development and Leadership Capabilities ..................................................................... 21 SECTION 3: ..................................................................................................................................... 21 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 21 Problems Encountered and Lessons Learnt .................................................................................. 22 Successful Activities ....................................................................................................................... 22 Problems Encountered .................................................................................................................. 22 Assessment of Project Methods .................................................................................................... 23 Lessons Learnt ............................................................................................................................... 23 In the Future .................................................................................................................................. 23 Financial Report ............................................................................................................................. 24 SECTION 4: ..................................................................................................................................... 26 Appendices .................................................................................................................................... 26 Appendix 4.1 Recorded anuran amphibian species and their current conservation status ......... 26 Appendix 4.2 Links to Website Reports about The Giant Squeaker Frog ..................................... 27 Appendix 4.3 Bibliography ............................................................................................................ 28 Appendix 4.4 Abstract of Presentation at the Universities of Cambridge and Nottingham ......... 29 Appendix 4.5 Publication by a Project Member ............................................................................ 30 Appendix 4.6 Unpublished Theses of Undergraduates on the Project ......................................... 31 Appendix 4.7 A Sample of Circulated 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Newsletters .......................................... 31 Appendix 4.8 CLP M&E Measures ................................................................................................. 32 Appendix 4.9 Recent Reassessment of The Giant Squeaker Frog by IUCN ................................... 34 3 Figures Fig. 1: Location of the Sui River Forest Reserve including admitted farms ..................................... 8 Fig 2: The rediscovered Giant Squeaker Frog ................................................................................ 12 Fig 3: Co-occurring frogs: Coast River Frog (Phrynobatrachus plicatus)………………….………………… 12 Fig 4: Co-occurring frogs: Boutry River Frog (Phrynobatrachus