Members of the Community Resource Monitoring Unit (CRMU) of Donkompe Community in the Guwado Community Resource Management Area (CREMA) in the Savannah Region, have received training in biodiversity monitoring using the KoboCollect digital data collection platform.
The training equipped CRMU members with practical skills to digitally document biodiversity threats, community activities and wildlife observations, with the aim of improving the availability and reliability of field data for conservation and management decisions.
The initiative forms part of efforts under the Nature’s Heartbeat Project, a global conservation programme led by IUCN Netherlands with support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery.
The 2025–2029 project operates in five countries—Ghana, Bolivia, Indonesia, Uganda and the Philippines—and supports grassroots conservation through flexible, trust-based funding and capacity building.
In Ghana, the project is being led by A Rocha Ghana, with a focus on the Atewa Range Forest Reserve and Mole National Park.
The training is expected to strengthen the CRMU’s ability to collect and manage timely biodiversity information from the community, providing data that can support conservation planning and responses to threats within the Guwado CREMA.
By shifting biodiversity monitoring to digital tools, the initiative also seeks to improve the consistency and accessibility of community-generated data for conservation stakeholders.
