Ghana Wildlife Society GWS - Accra

THE GHANA WILDLIFE SOCIETY (GWS)
The Society is a non-governmental, non-political, non-profit making environmental organization which seeks to conserve wildlife in all its forms to ensure a better environment and improved quality of life for all people.

GWS is the BirdLife International partner in Ghana.
The Society aims to achieve this through:

• Initiating and supporting projects which address specific problems.
• Public awareness and conservation education programmes.
• Promoting the conservation of wildlife protected areas.
• Encouraging research on wildlife and environmental protection and conservation.

Background
The GWS was first formed in the early 1970s but functioned for a few years and became dormant. In 1991, it was revived by the Save the Seashore  

Show more

Birds Project - Ghana (SSPC-G), a project that aimed at protecting sea and shore birds and their coastal wetland habitats in Ghana. When the SSBP-G ended in June 1994, the Society took over and continued the conservation activities initiated by the project.