Bennett holds an honorary position at the University of Aberdeen and conducts research on a voluntary basis, raising the money through grants and award applications. A Canadian company, Acres, has been contracted to conduct the Environmental Impact Assessment by the Volta River Authority in Ghana. The dam will be built by a consortium lead by Brown and Root of the U.K., and construction is due to begin in 2002. The newly created 660km2 lake will flood all the riverine forest in the park. The government has indicated that animals from Bui will be relocated, something Bennett is sceptical about.
Hippos are very big and extremely dangerous.
There isn't anywhere for them to be moved to that isn't full of people and in any case catching 400 hippos would be impossible. Wildlife of Bui National Park, Ghana. Bennett,D., N. Green and B.Basuglo. The abundance of Hippopotamus amphibius in the Black Volta River at Bui National Park, Ghana. African Journal of Ecology.