Nature Conservation Research Centre-ncrc, Accra, Ghana, West Africa

Nature Conservation Research Centre (NCRC) is recognized internationally as a leader in developing rural ecotourism and community protected areas as a means of economic development and resource conservation.

NCRC’s initiatives have facilitated sustainable economic development in scores of poor rural areas of Ghana and other nations in West Africa.

Founded in Ghana in 1996, NCRC has grown rapidly to become Ghana’s leading indigenous conservation organisation, as well as a key actor in West African civil society.

Ghana’s National Tourism Policy has adopted NCRC’s model as the preferred approach to the development of rural tourism.

The model is acknowledged globally as one of the most successful rural tourism initiatives being implemented today.

NCRC is a Ghanaian non-profit organisation implementing conservation initiatives to promote a greater awareness of and protection for the natural, historic and cultural diversity of Ghana and, ultimately, the West African sub-region.