Biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Islands: Conservation, Management, and Sustainable Use |
Contents
Biodiversity and its Status in Africa | 3 |
Action Required to Conserve Biodiversity in Africa | 10 |
Key Areas for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Africa | 27 |
Country Profiles for Biodiversity Conservation | 41 |
Botswana | 49 |
Burundi | 56 |
Cape Verde | 65 |
Chad | 71 |
Congo | 78 |
Ethiopia | 86 |
Gabon | 93 |
Guinea | 103 |
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Administration of Conservation Afromontane agriculture 1980 Amphibians Annual growth rate antelope anti-poaching assessed biodiversity Biogeographic affinities biological breeding Cameroon Cape coast coastal conservation areas conservation needs conservation requirements Critical Sites Critical Species crocodile Current Conservation Measures Department of Wildlife duiker eastern Economy 1987 data ecosystems elephant endemic species environmental extinct Faunal Reserve fish fisheries Forest Reserve Game Reserve GNP annual growth GNP/capita grassland habitat Highlands Introduction Area Island Kenya km² known Lake Lake Victoria large mammals lowland forests mangroves marine turtles ment Ministry montane montane forest Mount Mount Nimba Mountains National Park Nature Reserve nesting Niger Nile crocodile northern particular plants poaching Population 1989 data priority programmes protected area system protected areas rainforest region rhino River savanna southern sq km Suggested Conservation Activities survey survive swamps Tanzania threat tion vegetation Virunga National Park wetlands Wildlife and National woodland World Bank index Zaïre Zambia zone