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/Primates-endemic-to-the-forests-of-Upper-Guinea https://papfor.org/Primates-endemic-to-the-forests-of-Upper-Guinea 2022-07-26T17:38:42Z text/html en Yuzhou <p>With no less than 11 species, the Nimba Mountains landscape is an important conservation area for primates. These include the western chimpanzee (or West African chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes verus), the Sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys), the Diana monkey ( Cercopithecus diana), Campbell's monkey (Cercopithecus campbelli), the western red colobus (Piliocolobus badius), and the king colobus (or western black-and-white colobus, Colobus (...)</p> - <a href="https://papfor.org/-Some-conservation-targets-66-" rel="directory">Some conservation targets</a> <img src='https://papfor.org/local/cache-vignettes/L113xH150/western_red_colobus_m__languy-2-eefba.jpg?1702788692' class='spip_logo spip_logo_right' width='113' height='150' alt="" /> <div class='rss_chapo'><p>With no less than 11 species, the Nimba Mountains landscape is an important conservation area for primates. These include the western chimpanzee (or West African chimpanzee, <i>Pan troglodytes verus</i>), the Sooty mangabey (<i>Cercocebus atys</i>), the Diana monkey ( <i>Cercopithecus diana</i>), Campbell's monkey (<i>Cercopithecus campbelli</i>), the western red colobus (<i>Piliocolobus badius</i>), and the king colobus (or western black-and-white colobus, <i>Colobus polykomos</i>).</p></div> https://papfor.org/The-viviparous-toad-of-Nimba https://papfor.org/The-viviparous-toad-of-Nimba 2022-07-26T17:35:19Z text/html en Yuzhou <p>The Nimba Mountains are known as the home to the world's only viviparous toad. Unlike other toad species that lay eggs (oviparous), this is the only one that develops eggs in its body, thus giving birth to already formed (viviparous) froglets. The Western Nimba toad (Mount Nimba viviparous toad, Nimbaphrynoides occi- dentalis) is a small toad barely 2 cm long that lives in natural highland meadows between 1200 and 1600 m. This unique species is endemic to the Nimba Mountains and is (...)</p> - <a href="https://papfor.org/-Some-conservation-targets-66-" rel="directory">Some conservation targets</a> <img src='https://papfor.org/local/cache-vignettes/L150xH84/page_2_cible2_crapaud_vivipard_nimba_de_unops-2-14ba2.jpg?1702788692' class='spip_logo spip_logo_right' width='150' height='84' alt="" /> <div class='rss_chapo'><p>The Nimba Mountains are known as the home to the world's only viviparous toad. Unlike other toad species that lay eggs (oviparous), this is the only one that develops eggs in its body, thus giving birth to already formed (viviparous) froglets. The Western Nimba toad (Mount Nimba viviparous toad, Nimbaphrynoides occi- dentalis) is a small toad barely 2 cm long that lives in natural highland meadows between 1200 and 1600 m. This unique species is endemic to the Nimba Mountains and is critically endangered because of its tiny species distribution.</p></div> https://papfor.org/The-altitudinal-gradient-of-the-forests-of-the-Nimba-Mountains https://papfor.org/The-altitudinal-gradient-of-the-forests-of-the-Nimba-Mountains 2022-07-26T17:33:38Z text/html en Yuzhou <p>The Nimba Mountains are among the highest peaks in West Africa. They have an uninterrupted forest on their slopes from 400 m to 1600 m altitude, constituting a unique reservoir of biodiversity that can best withstand climate change. It is home to species typical of lowland Guinean forests as well as plants and animals adapted to mid-altitude environments. The maintenance of these forests on the slopes of the Nimba Mountains is essential to maintain a continuous flow of good quality (and (...)</p> - <a href="https://papfor.org/-Some-conservation-targets-66-" rel="directory">Some conservation targets</a> <img src='https://papfor.org/local/cache-vignettes/L150xH102/page_2_cible_1_gradient_foret_unesco-2c996.jpg?1702788692' class='spip_logo spip_logo_right' width='150' height='102' alt="" /> <div class='rss_chapo'><p>The Nimba Mountains are among the highest peaks in West Africa. They have an uninterrupted forest on their slopes from 400 m to 1600 m altitude, constituting a unique reservoir of biodiversity that can best withstand climate change. It is home to species typical of lowland Guinean forests as well as plants and animals adapted to mid-altitude environments. The maintenance of these forests on the slopes of the Nimba Mountains is essential to maintain a continuous flow of good quality (and quantity) water on which the communities depend so much.</p></div>