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Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Guinean forest-savanna mosaic (AT0707)
Guinean forest-savanna mosaic (AT0707) Afrotropics > Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands > Guinean forest-savanna mosaic (AT0707) Gambia River, Gambia Photograph by WWF/Kate Newman Western Africa: ... of the Guinean-Congolian region and the dry savannas of Sudan, the Guinean Forest-Savanna Mosaic ecoregion is home to a wide range of species, from antelopes to forest elephants ...
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Ecotour - Kakum Canopy Walkway and Visitor's Center - Ghana, Africa
Guinean Forest of West Africa--one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the African continent. The Upper Guinean Rainforest, where Kakum National Park is located, is disappearing at an alarming rate as agricultural expansion, growing settlements, and timber extraction have already claimed more than 80 percent of the forest ...
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ETFRN NEWS 43/44: Forests and conflicts
Forest Research Network ETFRN NEWS 43/44: Forests and conflicts Organisations - Programmes Table of contents News 43/44 homepage THE MANO RIVER CONFLICTS AS FOREST WARS By Paul Richards The Upper Guinean forest ... and the Guinean rebels appear to have been defeated militarily. There is now a chance to end all four conflicts, but lessons need to be learned. The Upper Guinean forest has proved ...
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The Jane Goodall Institute - Africa Programs
The Guinean Forest: exceptional biodiversity Many people aren't aware that the Guinean Forest hotspot is one of the highest priority regions in the world for primate conservation. Of the world's 25 biodiversity hotspots, this strip of forest — ...
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Pygmy hippos survive two civil wars
FFI Senior Projects Manager Africa Stephen van der Mark said “Liberia’s Upper Guinean forest ecosystem, where the pygmy hippo was photographed, is a major global conservation priority. Though unsustainable ... civil wars, they still pose a significant threat today. Only 10% of the original Upper Guinean forest is left of which Liberia contains about 40%. This new sighting gives us hope that ...
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Ankasa Exploration Base
South-Western Region of Ghana, forming a key component of West Africa’s Upper Guinean Forest Ecosystem. This 490km area of intact wet evergreen forest is extremely rich in biodiversity, with up to 300 plant species in a single hectare. 43 mammal species including the bongo, forest ...
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Terrestrial Ecoregions: Afrotropic
Guinean forest-savanna mosaic Itigi-Sumbu thicket Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands Mandara Plateau mosaic Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets Northern Congolian forest ...
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WWF - Guinean Moist Forests - A Global Ecoregion
Guinean Forests of West Africa (Conservation International) Map of the Guinean Forests of West Africa (Conservation International) (PDF) WWF's work WWF designated the Guinean moist forests, ... -largest tract of undisturbed tropical rainforest in West Africa. The survival of the forest has been seriously threatened by the activities of slash-and-burn farmers, poachers, ...
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Peace on Bougainville? (Do or Die)
The Bougainvillean culture of forest gardening and fishing, where women are the 'landowners' is an ... another, either deliberately, through deterioration, theft or whatever." Today the forest has began to reclaim the mine site as its own. ... will need to target the offices of Australian and Papua New Guinean interests in Britain and around the world. Our individual actions ...
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ECO-PROS Biodiversity - Species
"Lost World Found in New Guinean Jungle" (Fox News, 2/7/06) Dozens of new species have ... great concern regarding protecting this new species in their habitat as their forest home continues to be cut down and sold as timber. Their ... " A new species of bird has been discovered in a lowland forest on the remote island of Calayan in the northern Philippines. Named ...
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