Pastoralists and Protected Areas along the Ghana/Burkina Faso Border

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Brief Overview

Twenty camera traps in Ghana’s Red Volta reserve (May 2024–25) captured herders and extractors. Data test if herding is seasonal and how it overlaps with firewood, poaching, and mining to reveal local or cross-border dynamics.

Authors

• Kevin Fridy, University of Tampa

• Yusra Khairi, University of Tampa