Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2022 in Ghana

Wiki Loves Earth is an international photographic competition to promote natural heritage sites around the world through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). Everybody can participate. There are a lot of natural heritage sites in all participating countries. The goal of Wiki Loves Earth is to encourage people to take pictures of those natural sites, and to put them under a free license so that others may access them through the Internet. This is the third time Ghana will be participating in the contest, to achieve this. The international contest will take place from 1 May— 30 May, 2022 in Ghana. This page introduces the Ghanaian part of this competition. Join us to contribute free-licensed images of natural heritages in Ghana and to promote the beauty of the Ghanaian landscape in general.

Rules

(Same rules as for the international contest, see also the FAQ section there.) To take part in Wiki Loves Earth 2022 in Ghana, a submission should:

• Be self-taken

  All entries must be original photographs uploaded by their authors. Photos uploaded by anyone else than author (even with permission) are not accepted.

• Be self-uploaded during the contest period (May2022);

  You are also welcome to submit photos you may have taken in the past. What matters is that photos must be uploaded during the contest period (1st May – 30th May, 2022)

• Be under a free license;
• Contain an identified natural reserve or natural park;
• Have at least 2Mpx.
• A participant should have an activated e-mail address via Preferences of their account.

Prizes

• Best Photo challenge winner Prize (Gift voucher) GHC500
• First best Contributor, photo contest (Gift voucher) GHC400
• Second Best contributor, photo contest (Gift voucher) GHC300

How to participate

Prepare your photos of any Ghanaian natural heritage site (see eligible objects below)
Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikimedia Commons
Name your photos well
Use our Upload Button at the top OR Click here to upload as many as you can
Share your upload success on social media with our hashtags: #wlegh #wleghana #wle2022.
And wait patiently for the results! All the best!

Click here to Upload your Photos

Eligible objects

Any Ghanaian Natural Heritage Site especially, those from [List of Protected Areas in Ghana]. See some below:

Parks Mole National Park Bui National Park Kyabobo National Park (Commons) Digya National Park Kakum National Park Bia National Park Nini Suhien National Park (Commons Category: National parks of Ghana)

Wildlife Sanctuary Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary Bomfobiri Wildlife Sanctuary Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Wildlife Sanctuary Shai Hills Resource Reserve

Conservation Areas Tongo Hills Gambaga Escarpment Kakum Conservation Area Ankara Bia Conservation Area

Resource Reserve Mole National Park Kalakpa Game Production Reserve Shai Hills Resource Reserve Gbele Resource Reserve Kogyae Strict Nature Reserve

Ramsar Sites of Ghana Keta Lagoon Complex Songhor Lagoon Complex Sakumo Ramsar Site Densu Delta Ramsar Site Muni-Pomadze Ramsar Site

Others Waterfalls Ponds and lakes Main Rivers Mountains Natural areas Beaches Caves, etc

Organizing team

Moore Wikimedians. The Moore Wikimedians are a group of volunteers dedicated to promoting Wikimedia projects in the Moore language - one of the 16 Mole-Dagbani languages. The Mole-Dagbani languages are a large group of near mutually intelligible dialects spoken across countries in West Africa. The largest of these languages are Moore; spoken by more than 5 million people in Burkina Faso, and Dagbani; a lingua franca in the northern half of Ghana spoken by some 3 million people including 2 million indigenous speakers. Among the smaller languages in this family tree is Notre, mainly spoken in Benin. The group is open to membership by all interested individuals.

This year, Ghana will be leading Wiki Loves Earth project for the third time to narrow down the gap on content in relation to Ghanaian landscapes which have not yet been represented on Wikipedia as well as images that depict these landscapes and reserves in Ghana.

• Musahfm: Project Coordinator.
• Alhassan Alidu: Facilitator and Lead for upload sessions.
• Dnshitobu: Jury Coordinator.
• Bright Ayisi: Photo Judge.
• Alhaji Darajaati: Photo Judge.
• Achiri Bitamsimli: Photo Judge
• Ruky Wunpini: Logistics.
• Alhassan Mohammed Awal: Social media campaigns, communication.

Timeline

• Start date: 1 May, 2022
• End date : 30 May, 2022
• Results: 10 June, 2022