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= Threats = <!-- a text overview of threats, followed by a table of key threats -->
= Threats = <!-- a text overview of threats, followed by a table of key threats -->
The main threats to wildlife in Ebo forest include habitat loss, poaching and the bushmeat trade (Abwe & Morgan 2020). In 2020, the Government of Cameroon proposed two Forest Management Units (FMU) for timber exploitation which completely cover the proposed Ebo National Park in Littoral Region, Cameroon. Widespread and systematic timber exploitation across the site would exacerbate habitat loss and poaching (Abwe & Morgan 2020). When civil society groups opposed the destruction of the species-rich forest, the government suspended the logging concessions (Atabong 2022). In 2022, bulldozers opened around 40 km of dirt road running north from the village of Kopongo, across a forestry concession and into the heart of Ebo Forest. A group calling itself the Ebo Forest Development Committee is behind the project, stating that the road is needed to connect villages around Ebo, give access to communities that were displaced from the forest in the 1950s, and stimulate the local economy. However, a local news outlet, [https://www.journalducameroun.com/cameroun-le-peuple-banen-de-retour-sur-ses-terres/ Journal du Cameroun], reported that the road is actually being built by a logging company (Atabong 2022).
The main threats to wildlife in Ebo forest include habitat loss, poaching and the bushmeat trade (Abwe & Morgan 2020). In 2020, the Government of Cameroon proposed two Forest Management Units (FMU) for timber exploitation which completely cover the proposed Ebo National Park in Littoral Region, Cameroon. Widespread and systematic timber exploitation across the site would exacerbate habitat loss and poaching (Abwe & Morgan 2020). When civil society groups opposed the destruction of the species-rich forest, the government suspended the logging concessions (Atabong 2022). In 2022, bulldozers opened around 40 km of dirt road running north from the village of Kopongo, across a forestry concession and into the heart of Ebo Forest. A group calling itself the Ebo Forest Development Committee is behind the project, stating that the road is needed to connect villages around Ebo, give access to communities that were displaced from the forest in the 1950s, and stimulate the local economy. However, a local news outlet, [https://www.journalducameroun.com/cameroun-le-peuple-banen-de-retour-sur-ses-terres/ Journal du Cameroun], reported that the road is actually being built by a logging company (Atabong 2022). As of April 2023, part of the forest (68,385 ha) has been reclassified for logging (Nkemnyi, S., pers. comm. 2023).
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<li style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;"> [[File: Ebo_hunting_camp_Standly.JPG | 400px | thumb| right |Hunting camp in Ebo forest © Nkemnyi Standly]] </li>
<li style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;"> [[File: Ebo_NFTP_harvest_Standly.JPG | 400px | thumb| right |NFTP harvest © Nkemnyi Standly]] </li>
<li style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;"> [[File: Forest_Ebo_Standly.JPG | 400px | thumb| right |Ebo forest © Nkemnyi Standly]] </li>
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'''Table 3. Threats to apes in Ebo Forest'''
'''Table 3. Threats to apes in Ebo Forest'''
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|2. Agriculture & aquaculture
|2. Agriculture & aquaculture
|2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
|Low
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|Unknown
|Palm plantations and conversion of forest into farmland (Nkemnyi, S., pers. comm. 2023).
|Ongoing (2023)
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|3. Energy production & mining
|3. Energy production & mining
|Poaching for the bushmeat trade (Abwe & Morgan 2020, Whytock et al. 2021).
|Poaching for the bushmeat trade (Abwe & Morgan 2020, Whytock et al. 2021).
|Ongoing (2021)
|Ongoing (2021)
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|5.2 Gathering terrestrial plants
|Low
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|Extraction of non-timber forest products for local use and income generation (Nkemnyi, S., pers. comm. 2023).
|Ongoing (2023)
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|High
|High
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|Global Forest Watch data show accelerated forest loss in the logging concession south of Ebo, known as FMU 07 002, with more than 1,100 hectares of forest cover lost in 2021 (Atabong 2022). In addition, in 2020, two concession areas covering Ebo Forest were proposed.
|Global Forest Watch data show accelerated forest loss in the logging concession south of Ebo, known as FMU 07 002, with more than 1,100 hectares of forest cover lost in 2021 (Atabong 2022). In 2023, part of the forest was reclassified for large-scale logging. Illegal selective logging also takes place (Nkemnyi, S., pers. comm. 2023).
|Ongoing (2022)
|Ongoing (2023)
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|6. Human intrusion & disturbance
|6. Human intrusion & disturbance
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|Not reported
|Lack of political will
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|Nkemnyi, S., pers. comm. 2023
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=External links=
=External links=
[Re:wild- Ebo Forest: A Stronghold for Cameroon’s Wildlife https://www.rewild.org/news/ebo-forest-a-stronghold-for-cameroons-wildlife]
[https://www.rewild.org/news/ebo-forest-a-stronghold-for-cameroons-wildlife Re:wild- Ebo Forest: A Stronghold for Cameroon’s Wildlife ]
= References =
= References =
Whytock, R.C., E.E. Abwe, D.M. Mfossa, M.E. Ketchen, A.E. Abwe, V.R.V. Ngimdo, F. Maisels, S. Strindberg, B.J. Morgan. (2021). Mammal distribution and trends in the threatened Ebo 'intact forest landscape', Cameroon. Global Ecology and Conservation 31. <br>
Whytock, R.C., E.E. Abwe, D.M. Mfossa, M.E. Ketchen, A.E. Abwe, V.R.V. Ngimdo, F. Maisels, S. Strindberg, B.J. Morgan. (2021). Mammal distribution and trends in the threatened Ebo 'intact forest landscape', Cameroon. Global Ecology and Conservation 31. <br>
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