Ejagham Forest Reserve

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Summary

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• Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes ellioti) & Cross river gorillas (Gorilla gorilla diehli) are present in Ejagham Forest Reserve.
• The population sizes are unknown.
• The great ape population trend is unknown.
• The site has a total size of 748.5 km².
• Key threats include poaching.
• Conservation activities are not documented.

Site characteristics

Officially known as the Ejagham Council Forest Reserve, the site is contiguous with the northern boundary of Korup National Park and also shares a border with the Oban division of the Cross River National Park in Nigeria. The reserve is part of the proposed CRIKOT World Heritage Site, which encompasses protected areas in Nigeria and Cameroon, including Korup National Park, Cross River National Park, Takamanda National Park, Mbe Mountains and Mone River Forest Reserve. The region holds the richest butterfly diversity in Africa with over 1,000 lowland forest species. The area is also a stronghold for regionally endemic primates and contains an extremely high diversity of plants, reptiles, and amphibians (UNESCO).

Table 1. Basic site information for Ejagham Forest Reserve

Area	748.5 km²
Coordinates	5.639550, 8.961072
Designation	Forest Reserve
Habitat types	Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest

IUCN habitat categories Site designations

Ape status

Table 2. Ape population estimates in Ejagham 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 vellerosus	2002-2004			0.14	Ejagham Forest Reserve	Index survey (reconnaissance walk)	Forboseh, Sunderland & Eno-Nku 2007
Gorilla gorilla diehli	2002-2004			0	Ejagham Forest Reserve	Index survey (reconnaissance walk)	Forboseh, Sunderland & Eno-Nku 2007

Threats

Table 3. Threats to apes in Ejagham Forest Reserve

Category	Specific threats	Threat level	Quantified severity	Description	Year of threat
1. Residential & commercial development		Unknown
2. Agriculture & aquaculture		Unknown
3. Energy production & mining		Unknown
4. Transportation & service corridors		Unknown
5. Biological resource use	5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals	Present, but threat level unknown	0.23 cartridges, 0.05 gunshots, and 0.41 snares km^-1.	Poaching for bushmeat trade (Forboseh, Sunderland & Eno-Nku 2007).	Ongoing (2007)
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

The site is part of the proposed Cross River-Korup Takamanda (CRIKOT) National Parks World Heritage Site, which is in the tentative list since 2020 (UNESCO).

Table 4. Conservation activities in Ejagham 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		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 Ejagham Forest Reserve

Challenge	Source
Not reported

Research activities

Documented behaviours

Table 6. Ape behaviors reported for Ejagham Forest Reserve

Behavior	Source
Not reported

External links

UNESCO

References

Forboseh, P. F., Sunderland, T. C. H., & Eno-Nku, M. (2007). Priority setting for conservation in south-west Cameroon based on large mammal surveys. Oryx, 41(2), 255-262.

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