Odzala-Kokoua National Park

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• Central chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) & western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) are present in Odzala-Kokoua National Park.
• The population estimates are unknown.
• The population trends are unknown.
• The site has a total size of 13,500 km².
• Key threats to great apes are hunting and diseases (Ebola Virus Disease).
• Conservation activities have focused on eco-tourism, anti-poaching patrols, and supporting local communities.
• Established in 1935, the site is one of the oldest national parks in Africa and is part of the transboundary TRIDOM conservation landscape.

Site characteristics

Established in 1935, Odzala-Kokoua National Park is one of the oldest national parks in Africa (BirdLife International 2020). The site is exceptionally high in biodiversity and is home to over 100 mammal species and more than 440 bird species, making it an Important Bird Area (BirdLife International 2020; African Parks n.d.). More than 10,000 plant species can also be found in Odzala-Kokoua (African Parks n.d.). In addition to chimpanzees and gorillas, other noteworthy primate species found at the site include the black and white colobus, two species of mangabey, and the De Brazza’s monkey (African Parks n.d.). The park is also an important refuge for forest elephants, African forest buffalo, bongo, spotted hyena, and African golden cat. The site forms part of the Tri-National Dja-Odzala-Minkébé (TRIDOM) landscape, which is spread over three countries: Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, and Gabon (WWF n.d.).

Table 1. Basic site information for Odzala-Kokoua National Park

Species	'Pan troglodytes troglodytes, Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Area	13,500 km²
Coordinates	Lat: 1.318097 , Lon: 14.845204
Type of site	Protected area (National Park)
Habitat types	Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest, Subtropical/tropical swamp forest, Grassland
Type of governance

IUCN habitat categories Site designations

Ape status

Table 2. Ape population estimates reported for Odzala-Kokoua National Park

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
Pan troglodytes troglodytes					Unknown		Unknown
Gorilla gorilla gorilla					Unknown		Unknown

Threats

Table 3. Threats to apes reported for Odzala-Kokoua National Park

Category	Specific threats	Threat level	Description	Year of threat
10 Geological events		Absent
5 Biological resource use	5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals	High (more than 70% of population affected)		Ongoing (2019)
8 Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseases	8.4 Pathogens	High (more than 70% of population affected)	In 2004, a large population of gorillas was affected by Ebola Virus Disease (Caillaud et al. 2006).	2004
1 Residential & commercial development		Unknown
2 Agriculture & aquaculture		Unknown
3 Energy production & mining		Unknown
4 Transportation & service corridors		Unknown
6 Human intrusions & disturbance		Unknown
7 Natural system modifications		Unknown
9 Pollution		Unknown
11 Climate change & severe weather		Unknown
12 Other threat		Unknown

IUCN Threats list

Conservation activities

Table 4. Conservation activities reported for Odzala-Kokoua National Park

Category	Specific activity	Description	Implementing organization(s)	Year of activity
2 Counter-wildlife crime	2.3 Conduct regular anti-poaching patrols	Rangers conduct regular anti-poaching patrols and enforce laws. In 2019 there were 94 rangers (African Parks).		Ongoing
7 Economic & other incentives	7.2 Provide non-monetary benefits to local communities for sustainably managing their forest and its wildlife (e.g., better education, infrastructure development)	A mobile clinic visits communities at the periphery of the park to provide healthcare (African Parks; European Public Health 2016).		Ongoing (2016)
8 Permanent presence	8.2 Run tourist projects and ensure permanent human presence at site	Tourist lodges managed by Odzala Discovery Camps (African Parks).

Conservation activities list (Junker et al. 2017)

Challenges

Table 5. Challenges reported for Odzala-Kokoua National Park

Challenges	Specific challenges	Source	Year(s)
	Not reported

Enablers

Table 6. Enablers reported for Odzala-Kokoua National Park

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 Odzala-Kokoua National Park

Behavior	Source
Not reported

External links

African Parks Odzala-Kokoua National Park

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320717321948

https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/95/4/882/888461

References

African Parks. (n.d.). Odzala-Kokoua. Retrieved from: https://www.africanparks.org/the-parks/odzala-kokoua

BirdLife International. (2020). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Odzala National Park complex. Retrieved from http://www.birdlife.org on 03/11/2020.

Caillaud, D., Levréro, F., Cristescu, R., Gatti, S., Dewas, M., Douadi, M., ... & Ménard, N. (2006). Gorilla susceptibility to Ebola virus: the cost of sociality. Current Biology, 16(13), R489-R491.

European Public Health (2016, April 24). Field Mission: Republic of the Congo. Retrieved from:http://www.europeanpublichealth.com/news-and-opinion/field-mission-republic-congo/

WWF. (n.d.). TRIDOM: Tri-National Dja-Odzala-Minkébé. Retrieved from: https://www.wwf-congobasin.org/where_we_work/tridom___tri_national_dja_odzala_minkebe/

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