s:1176:"TI Changes in elephant movements in the Western Wildlife Corridor, Ghana 
AU Abukari, H. 
AU Imoro, Z.A. 
AU Zida, M. 
AU Ickowitz, A. 
AB Key messagesThe savannahs of northern Ghana were historically an important habitat for elephants.The Western Wildlife Corridor (WWC) was identified in 2007 as one of the two main elephant migratory corridors between northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso.The WWC encompasses over 100 villages; livelihood activities in these villages include farming, livestock keeping, small-scale mining and fuelwood extraction, which are putting pressure on resources.Elephant presence and movement in the corridor became sporadic in the 1970s with increasing habitat fragmentation and hunting pressure.Elephants have changed their routes in the corridor since the 2000s, and now tend to move along the channels of rivers and their tributaries.Farmland expansion and livestock grazing are the two most important factors that have forced elephants to change their routes.Establishment of a continuum of effective community resource management areas (CREMAs)a throughout the WWC may restore its function as an effective corridor for elephants. 
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