The Republic of Ghana has deposited its instrument of accession to AEWA and will become 50th Contracting Party as of 1 October 2005.

The Republic of Ghana shares borders with Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Togo to the east and Burkina Faso to the north while, to the south, it borders the Gulf of Guinea with a coastline of some 550 km, from where it extends inland for about 675 km. Three main ecological zones are identifiable in the country: the forest zone in the south-western part of the country, the interior savanna and the coastal savanna. 725 bird species occur in the Republic of Ghana, of which a number is covered by the Agreement, e.g. the Royal Tern (Sterna maxima), the Sanderling (Calidris alba), the Western Reef Egret (Egretta gularis), the Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus), the Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis), the Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) and the White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata).

Ghana has ratified the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD), the Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), the World Heritage Convention and the Ramsar Convention. The UNEP/AEWA Secretariat is pleased to welcome the Republic of Ghana on behalf of the Contracting Parties.