Some conservation targets

African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)

It has recently been proven that the Pen-selli-Soyah-Sabouyah area hosts the largest elephant population in the country, which were previously unrecognised. Recent videos have shown movements of these elephants towards Sierra Leone in the Guinea-Sierra Leone migration corridor. It is important to maintain the gallery forests along rivers and the periodically flooded savannahs, as they are (...)

Western chimpanzee (Pan Troglodytes verus)

Listed as Critically Endangered by theIUCN since 2016, Guinea has the largest chimpanzee population of any country in West Africa. The OKKPS landscape area is one of the hotspots identified for this species. As the closest living relative of humans, behavioural studies have shown many similarities between us and our closest cousins. As such, humanity has a moral duty to direct efficient (...)

Natural habitats of the OK- KPS Landscape