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","acknowledgements":"FundingThe monitoring and data management work was funded by Eni Ghana, undertaken as part of the company’s environmental compliance and biodiversity management commitments
Personnel / RolesObservation data was collected by different institutions at various times as summarised below• 2015: ERM Ltd• 2017-2019: Ghana Wildlife Society• 2020-2025 ESL ltd
Data Set Creators• Data Creator: Associated institutions listed above• Data Curator: Jason Sali; Biodiversity Consultant,
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