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

Species	Pan troglodytes ellioti, Gorilla gorilla diehli
Area	748.5 km²
Coordinates	Lat: 5.639550 , Lon: 8.961072
Type of site	Protected area (Forest Reserve)
Habitat types	Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest
Type of governance

Types of sites Governance types Habitat types

Ape status

Table 2. Ape population estimates reported for Ejagham 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
Pan troglodytes ellioti	2002-2004		0.14			Ejagham Forest Reserve	Reconnaissance walk		Forboseh, Sunderland & Eno-Nku 2007
Gorilla gorilla diehli	2002-2004		0			Ejagham Forest Reserve	Reconnaissance walk		Forboseh, Sunderland & Eno-Nku 2007

Threats

Table 3. Threats to apes reported for Ejagham Forest Reserve

Category	Specific threats	Threat level	Description	Year of threat
5 Biological resource use	5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals	Present (unknown severity)	Poaching for bushmeat trade (Forboseh, Sunderland & Eno-Nku 2007).	Ongoing (2007)
10 Geological events		Absent
12 Other threat		Absent
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
8 Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseases		Unknown
9 Pollution		Unknown
11 Climate change & severe weather		Unknown

Threats

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 reported for Ejagham Forest Reserve

Category	Specific activity	Description	Implementing organization(s)	Year of activity
5 Protection & restoration	5.2 Legally protect ape habitat			Ongoing (2023)

Conservation activities

Challenges

Table 5. Challenges reported for Ejagham Forest Reserve

Challenges	Specific challenges	Source	Year(s)
	Not reported

Enablers

Table 6. Enablers reported for Ejagham 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 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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