Local actors in the co-management of mole national park and the impacts associated with it

Effective management of the National Parks largely depends on a participatory approach. Hitherto, fringe communities Mole Park were sidelined in its management. In recent times, participation forest resources is encouraged. This study examines how actors such as chiefs, land priests, clan heads, diviners, women leaders and youth groups support conservation using resource habitat taboos, totemic system, traditional fire belt, sacred tree species awareness creation strategies their impacts thereof. The employed concurrent triangulation mixed methods approach data collection, analysis, presentation. Besides questionnaire administration quantitative method made use Key Informant Interviews, Focus Group Discussions qualitative collection. Apart from descriptive statistics component SPSS for analysis data, content was used data. revealed that endorse chiefs priests (kasawule wura) most effective flora fauna system strategy. concluded that, there exists local actors, management, park are impacted positively because community It recommended benefit-sharing schemes should be considered developed by since this can engender commitment to participation.