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Boaben-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary is a community based
Sanctuary located at Boaben and Fiema a twin community
in the Nkoranza district of Brong Ahafo Region.
The sanctuary protects the headwaters of the streams
that are consumed in the locality. it has a good
number of the Black and White Colobus, Mona, spot
nosed monkeys and a variety of birds. The monkeys
in the reserve are regarded as the children of the
gods of the community; therefore they are neither
hunted nor killed. A system of traditional taboos
and their community enforcement protected the monkeys
for generations.
Recent affluence and behalf patterns, coupled with
weakening of traditional enforcement of the sanctions
associated with the taboo systems however threatened
the continued survival of the monkeys. The situation
created the need to offer statutory legal instruments
to strengthen the traditional protection of the
animals. Consequently, the local people were assisted
to constitute the reserve under district Assembly
byelaws which they are being assisted by the Wildlife
Department to enforce.
It is the first protected
area where local indigenous protection system has
been given statutory back-up enforcement of traditional/indigenous
protection of wildlife in the country. The reserve
is quite accessible by road and has a modest resthouse
facility.
Good facilities can however be obtained at Techiman
and Nkoranza which are about an hour and 20 minutes
drive respectively to the Sanctuary.
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