Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve

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Summary

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• Eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) are present in Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve.
• The population size is unknown.
• The population trend is unknown.
• The site has a total size of 343 km².
• Key threats to chimpanzees are hunting, charcoal production and mining.
• Conservation activities are not documented.

Site characteristics

The forest is located in the Ugandan Albertine Rift. The site is an important source of timber and an important watershed for Lake George, one of the most productive fisheries in the world (Plumptre 2002). During surveys conducted by the Forestry Department, 14 species were found here and nowhere else (11 butterflies and three trees). In addition, five Albertine Rift Endemics occur here (2 trees, 1 bird, 1 small mammal and 1 moth) (Plumptre 2002).

Table 1. Basic site information for Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve

Area	343 km²
Coordinates
Designation	Forest Reserve
Habitat types	Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest, grassland

IUCN habitat categories Site designations

Ape status

Table 2. Ape population estimates in Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve

Species	Year	Abundance estimate (95% CI)	Density estimate [ind./ km²] (95% CI)	Encounter rate (nests/km)	Area	Method	Source	Comments	A.P.E.S. database ID
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii				present	Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve

Threats

Human activity is high primarily due to logging activities but it can include other activities people engage in whilst in the forest. Charcoal production, hunting for bushmeat and mining (coltan and in the past gold) are the main threats to chimpanzees in the forest (Plumptre 2002).

Table 3. Threats to apes in Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve

Category	Specific threats	Threat level	Quantified severity	Description	Year of threat
1. Residential & commercial development		Unknown
2. Agriculture & aquaculture	2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops	Low		Agricultural encroachment (Plumptre 2002).	Ongoing (2002)
3. Energy production & mining	3.2 Mining & quarrying	High		The forest has been mined in the past for gold according to local residents but recently it has also been mined fairly heavily for Columbo-tantalite or Coltan (Plumptre 2002).	Ongoing (2002)
4. Transportation & service corridors		Unknown
5. Biological resource use	5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals	High		Bushmeat hunting (Plumptre 2002).	Ongoing (2002)
	5.3 Logging & wood harvesting	High		Wood harvesting for charcoal burning; legal timber extraction (Plumptre 2002).	Ongoing (2002)
6. Human intrusion & disturbance		Unknown
7. Natural system modifications		Unknown
8. Invasive & other problematic species, genes, diseases		Unknown
9. Pollution		Unknown
10. Geological Events		Absent
11. Climate change & severe weather		Unknown
12. Other options		Absent

IUCN Threats list

Conservation activities

Table 4. Conservation activities in Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve

Category	Specific activity	Description	Year of activity
1. Residential & commercial development	Not reported
2. Agriculture & aquaculture	Not reported
3. Energy production & mining	Not reported
4. Transportation & service corridors	Not reported
5. Biological resource use	Not reported
6. Human intrusion & disturbance	Not reported
7. Natural system modifications	Not reported
8. Invasive & other problematic species, genes, diseases	Not reported
9. Pollution	Not reported
10. Education & Awareness	Not reported
11. Habitat Protection	11.2. Legally protect primate habitat	The protected area was first established in 1932 with some realignments in 1963 (Plumptre 2002).	Ongoing (2023)
12. Species Management	Not reported
13. Livelihood; Economic & Other Incentives	Not reported

Conservation activities list (Junker et al. 2017)

Challenges

Table 5. Challenges reported for Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve

Challenge	Source
Not reported

Research activities

Documented behaviours

Table 6. Ape behaviors reported for Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve

Behavior	Source
Not reported

External links

Uganda Parks

References

Plumptre, A. J. (2002). Extent and status of the forests in the Ugandan Albertine Rift, Report to GEF PDF-b Albertine Rift Project. Wildlife Conservation Society, Kampala, Uganda.

Page completed by: A.P.E.S. Wiki team Date: 13/05/2023