Northwestern Congolian lowland forests

The Northwestern Congolian lowland forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion that spans Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic.[2] It forms part of the larger Congolian rainforests region in Central Africa.

Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
AT0126. Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
Ecology
RealmAfrotropical
Biometropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
AnimalsWestern lowland gorilla
Geography
Area434,082 km2 (167,600 sq mi)
CountriesCameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon and Republic of the Congo
Elevation300m to 800m
Conservation
Conservation statusvulnerable
Global 200yes
Protected91,395 km² (21%)[1]

Protected areas

A 2017 assessment found that 91,395 km², or 21%, of the ecoregion is within protected areas. 40% of the unprotected area is still forested.[3] Protected areas include Boumba Bek National Park, Dja Faunal Reserve, Lobéké National Park, and Nki National Park in Cameroon, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park in Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, Nouabale-Ndoki National Park, and Odzala-Kokoua National Park in Republic of the Congo, and Ivindo National Park, Minkébé National Park, and Mwangne National Park in Gabon.[4]

Dzanga-Sanga, Dzanga-Ndoki, Nouabale-Ndoki, and Lobéké national parks and the Dzanga Sangha Special Reserve form the transboundary Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas that extends across 4,589 km² of Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Republic of the Congo.

  • "Northeastern Congolian lowland forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  • Congo Basin Ecoregions, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

References
  1. Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b.
  2. Blom, Allard. "Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo". World Wildlife Fund. Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  3. Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b.
  4. "Northeastern Congolian lowland forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
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