Dodo Hills Forest Reserve

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Summary

• Western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) are present in Dodo Hills Forest Reserve.
• The population size is unknown.
• The chimpanzee population trend is unknown.
• The site has a total size of 39.4 km².
• Key threats to chimpanzees are expansion of land for agriculture and roads.
• Conservation activities are not documented.

Site characteristics

Dodo Hills Forest Reserve is located in the north-western part of the Kenema District in the Dodo Chiefdom. It is a dense tropical rain forest with a rich diversity of fauna and flora species, including pangolins, primates, butterflies, duikers, birds, woody trees, etc.

Table 1. Basic site information for Dodo Hills Forest Reserve

Species	'Pan troglodytes verus
Area	39.4 km²
Coordinates
Type of site	Protected area (Forest Reserve)
Habitat types	Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest
Type of governance

IUCN habitat categories Site designations

Ape status

Table 2. Ape population estimates reported for Dodo Hills Forest Reserve

Species	Year	Occurrence	Encounter or vistation rate (nests/km; ind/day)	Density estimate [ind./ km²] (95% CI)	Abundance estimate (95% CI)	Survey area	Sampling method	Analytical framework	Source	Comments	A.P.E.S. database ID
							Unknown

Threats

Table 3. Threats to apes reported for Dodo Hills Forest Reserve

Category	Specific threats	Threat level	Description	Year of threat
10 Geological events		Absent
12 Other threat		Absent
2 Agriculture & aquaculture	2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops	High (more than 70% of population affected)	Presence of abandoned farm lands, farm bushes, cacao farms, hamlets and farm roads traversing the forest (Turay & Kanneh 2022).	Ongoing (2022)
4 Transportation & service corridors	4.1 Roads & railroads	Low (up to 30% of population affected)	Logging roads caused by forestry in the past (Turay & Kanneh 2022).	Ongoing (2022)
7 Natural system modifications	7.2 Dams & water management/use	Low (up to 30% of population affected)	The presence of the main hydroelectricity dam supplying electricity to Kenema and Bo on the river poses low level threat to the habitat (Turay & Kanneh 2022).	Ongoing (2022)
1 Residential & commercial development		Unknown
3 Energy production & mining		Unknown
5 Biological resource use		Unknown
6 Human intrusions & disturbance		Unknown
8 Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseases		Unknown
9 Pollution		Unknown
11 Climate change & severe weather		Unknown

IUCN Threats list

Challenges

Table 5. Challenges reported for Dodo Hills Forest Reserve

Challenges	Specific challenges	Source	Year(s)
	Not reported

Enablers

Table 6. Enablers reported for Dodo Hills Forest Reserve

Enablers	Specific enablers	Source	Year(s)
1 Site management
2 Resources and capacity
3 Engaged community
4 Institutional support
5 Ecological context
6 Safety and stability

Documented behaviours

Table 7. Behaviours documented for Dodo Hills Forest Reserve

Behavior	Source
Not reported

References

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