<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The lake Bosomtwe in the Abono Village in the Ashanti Region of Ghana is in a deplorable state, thereby negatively affecting its rich aquatic biodiversity. The condition is blamed on the negative human impacts on the lake. A phenomenological study of the qualitative approach was undertaken to investigate this phenomenon. The findings revealed that the deteriorating condition of the lake is due to the weak implementation of the cultural traditions of the Abono people. The study proposes the strict observance of the cultural traditions as a complement to the scientific models to avert the want and destruction of the aquatic biodiversity of lake Bosomtwe of Ghana.</p></abstract>

The lake Bosomtwe in the Abono Village in the Ashanti Region of Ghana is in a deplorable state, thereby negatively affecting its rich aquatic biodiversity. The condition is blamed on the negative human impacts on the lake. A phenomenological study of the qualitative approach was undertaken to investigate this phenomenon. The findings revealed that the deteriorating condition of the lake is due to the weak implementation of the cultural traditions of the Abono people. The study proposes the strict observance of the cultural traditions as a complement to the scientific models to avert the want and destruction of the aquatic biodiversity of lake Bosomtwe of Ghana.

The human impact and the aquatic biodiversity of lake Bosomtwe: rennaisance of the cultural traditions of Abono (Ghana)?

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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The lake Bosomtwe in the Abono Village in the Ashanti Region of Ghana is in a deplorable state, thereby negatively affecting its rich aquatic biodiversity. The...

The human impact and the aquatic biodiversity of lake Bosomtwe: rennaisance of the cultural traditions of Abono (Ghana)?

Published Online: Nov 01, 2017

Page range: 87 - 110

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2018-0007

Keywords
aquatic biodiversity, lake Bosomtwe, human impacts, cultural traditions

© 2018 Dickson Adom, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The human impact and the aquatic biodiversity of lake Bosomtwe: rennaisance of the cultural traditions of Abono (Ghana)?

Published Online: Nov 01, 2017

Page range: 87 - 110

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2018-0007

Keywordsaquatic biodiversity, lake Bosomtwe, human impacts, cultural traditions

© 2018 Dickson Adom, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
aquatic biodiversity, lake Bosomtwe, human impacts, cultural traditions