University of Liverpool

Staff from the Institute for Sustainable Water, Integrated Management & Ecosystem Research, (SWIMMER) at the University of Liverpool UK, supported by Dr Mike Swaine from the University of Aberdeen will provide project support, staff training and peer review.

University of Ghana:

Centre for African Wetlands (CAW):

CAW is the local co-ordinator and contributes to the development of the project. They have also secured co-funding for aspects of the project. They will contribute knowledge on local species, will organise fieldwork and training courses and host a project office. The project will make use of its existing national and regional networks of contacts.

Zoology Department and the Volta Basin Research Project (VBRP):

Staff of the Zoology Department and the VBRP will contribute to the development of the project and also assist with field sampling and laboratory work and they will contribute knowledge on local species.

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR):

Water Research Institute (WRI)

Staff of the WRI have assisted with project development and will continue to contribute very valuable local knowledge. They will also provide assistance with macroinvertebrate taxonomy and ecology, macroinvertebrate field sampling and the analysis of water quality samples.

Ghana Wildlife Society (GWS):

Collaboration with the Ghana Wildlife Society has already been established. GWS has already extensive experience with community based projects and has in the past delivered nature conservation education in communities and schools with great success. GWS works also closely with the Ghana Wildlife Division (Government department) that controls all the nature reserves. Staff of GWS will contribute to project development and they will also contribute knowledge on local species and liaise with local village populations through their Chiefs. They are in a good position to do this as wildlife clubs are spread throughout the country and the project will use the network of local clubs to test and disseminate certain outputs.

Other Collaborators within Ghana:

Prof. Oteng Yeboah (Chairman, Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice SBSTTA) who is also the CBD national focal point for Ghana has given the project his support and agreed to collaborate.

Mr. James Saman (University of Ghana) and Dr. Martin Odae (CSIR) have agreed to contribute their knowledge of the local biodiversity as experts on macroinvertebrates and molluscs.