https://www.papfor.org/ fr SPIP - www.spip.net https://papfor.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH172/logo_header-250da.png?1699880816 https://www.papfor.org/ 172 144 https://papfor.org/Crucial-connectivity-for-the-whole-Upper-Guinean-forests-and-a-biodiversity https://papfor.org/Crucial-connectivity-for-the-whole-Upper-Guinean-forests-and-a-biodiversity 2023-04-03T17:23:40Z text/html en Kristell <p>The WWZ landscape is classified as a key biodiversity area and is an integral part of the entire ecoregion, being the most westerly tropical rainforest block in Africa and crucial for the viability of the whole. <br class='autobr' /> Swamp and riparian forests can be found embedded within the moist evergreen and semi-deciduous forests, providing home to an enormous level of biodiversity: more than 200 endemic plants, 1 000 vertebrates such as the Diana monkey, red colobus, lesser spot-nosed monkey, sooty (...)</p> - <a href="https://papfor.org/-Some-conservation-targets-166-" rel="directory">Some conservation targets</a> <img src='https://papfor.org/local/cache-vignettes/L126xH150/400_papfor_overallmap_20230120_connectivity_simplified-2-06ff1.png?1700530563' class='spip_logo spip_logo_right' width='126' height='150' alt="" /> <div class='rss_texte'><p>The WWZ landscape is classified as a key biodiversity area and is an integral part of the entire ecoregion, being the most westerly tropical rainforest block in Africa and crucial for the viability of the whole.</p> <p>Swamp and riparian forests can be found embedded within the moist evergreen and semi-deciduous forests, providing home to an enormous level of biodiversity: more than 200 endemic plants, 1 000 vertebrates such as the Diana monkey, red colobus, lesser spot-nosed monkey, sooty mangabey, western chimpanzee, 31 species of bats, 38 species of rodents and 347 species of birds. Prolonged human influence has transformed much of the forest from its primary state.</p> <p>Conserving the forest blocks and corridors to keep the landscape intact and connected is vital for the survival of endangered species such as the forest elephant, pygmy hippopotamus and many endemic species.</p></div> https://papfor.org/Forest-elephants-221 https://papfor.org/Forest-elephants-221 2023-04-03T17:21:00Z text/html en Kristell <p>Forest elephant surveys have revealed a population of less than 250 individuals in the Upper Guinean forest of Guinea and Liberia (IUCN, 2016). The species population has been reported to be decreasing and was recently classified as “critically endangered” by the IUCN. <br class='autobr' /> Wologizi-Wonegizi-Ziama still contains a significant population of forest elephants that use the structural connectivity of the landscape and beyond such as Foya and Gola forests. Several new calves were recorded by camera (...)</p> - <a href="https://papfor.org/-Some-conservation-targets-166-" rel="directory">Some conservation targets</a> <img src='https://papfor.org/local/cache-vignettes/L150xH84/400_ele_photo_okwangwo-2-f86c3.jpg?1700530563' class='spip_logo spip_logo_right' width='150' height='84' alt="" /> <div class='rss_texte'><p>Forest elephant surveys have revealed a population of less than 250 individuals in the Upper Guinean forest of Guinea and Liberia (IUCN, 2016). The species population has been reported to be decreasing and was recently classified as “critically endangered” by the IUCN.</p> <p>Wologizi-Wonegizi-Ziama still contains a significant population of forest elephants that use the structural connectivity of the landscape and beyond such as Foya and Gola forests. Several new calves were recorded by camera traps <br class='autobr' /> in 2022. However, habitat loss triggers human-elephant conflict as the cases of crop raiding increase.</p></div> https://papfor.org/Pygmy-hippopotamus https://papfor.org/Pygmy-hippopotamus 2023-04-03T17:19:26Z text/html en Kristell <p>Endemic to the Upper Guinean forests of West Africa, the pygmy hippopotamus has lost an estimated 75% of its former range and now occurs in seven remnant fragments across Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia. <br class='autobr' /> The species is classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List and the most recent population estimate, of 3 000, was made in the early 1990s but is now believed to be around 2 000 due to habitat loss and fragmenta￾tion over the last 30 (...)</p> - <a href="https://papfor.org/-Some-conservation-targets-166-" rel="directory">Some conservation targets</a> <img src='https://papfor.org/local/cache-vignettes/L150xH100/400_adobestock_356212920-2-47126.jpg?1700530563' class='spip_logo spip_logo_right' width='150' height='100' alt="" /> <div class='rss_texte'><p>Endemic to the Upper Guinean forests of West Africa, the pygmy hippopotamus has lost an estimated 75% of its former range and now occurs in seven remnant fragments across Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia.</p> <p>The species is classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List and the most recent population estimate, of 3 000, was made in the early 1990s but is now believed to be around 2 000 due to habitat loss and fragmenta￾tion over the last 30 years.</p></div>