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= Site characteristics = <!-- A paragraph summary of physical and geographic aspects of the site, and a table of key information -->

= Site characteristics = <!-- A paragraph summary of physical and geographic aspects of the site, and a table of key information -->

The Batéké Plateau National Park was established in 2002. The park is located in southeastern Gabon; together with the bordering Ogooué-Leketi National Park in Congo, the parks form a transboundary protected area covering more than 5,500 square kilometers (Dasgupta 2018). The park is situated in a transitional landscape between the southeastern edge of the Gabonese rainforest and the northwestern limit of the savannah-dominated Batéké Plateau (Hedwig et al. 2018). The site harbors an interesting biodiversity found nowhere else in the Congo Basin. In addition to chimpanzees and western lowland gorillas, mammal species such as the lion (''Panthera leo''), Grimm's duiker (''Sylvicapra grimmia''), the side striped jackal (''Canis adustus''), and the Denham's bustard (''Neotis denhami'') are found in the park ([https://congo.wcs.org/wild-places/bateke-plateaux.aspx WCS]). In the gallery forests of the park, typical forest dwellers such as elephant, buffalo, bushpigs, duikers, and several monkey species are found (WCS).

The Batéké Plateau National Park was established in 2002. The park is located in southeastern Gabon; together with the bordering Ogooué-Leketi National Park in Congo, the parks form a transboundary protected area covering more than 5,500 square kilometers (Dasgupta 2018). The park is situated in a transitional landscape between the southeastern edge of the Gabonese rainforest and the northwestern limit of the savannah-dominated Batéké Plateau (Hedwig et al. 2018). The site harbors an interesting biodiversity found nowhere else in the Congo Basin. In addition to chimpanzees and western lowland gorillas, mammal species such as the lion (''Panthera leo''), Grimm's duiker (''Sylvicapra grimmia''), the side striped jackal (''Canis adustus''), and the Denham's bustard (''Neotis denhami'') are found in the park ([https://congo.wcs.org/wild-places/bateke-plateaux.aspx WCS]). In the gallery forests of the park, typical forest dwellers such as elephant, buffalo, bushpigs, duikers, and several monkey species are found ([https://congo.wcs.org/wild-places/bateke-plateaux.aspx WCS]).

'''Table 1. Basic site information for Batéké Plateau National Park'''

'''Table 1. Basic site information for Batéké Plateau National Park'''

|Unknown

|Unknown

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|5. Biological resource use

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|5.3 Logging & wood harvesting

|5.3 Logging & wood harvesting

|Present, but threat severity unknown

|Present, but threat severity unknown

|Unknown

|Unknown

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|12. Species Management

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|12.17. Reintroduce primates into habitat where the species is absent

|12.17. Reintroduce primates into habitat where the species is absent

|The specific release site, along the Mpassa river, was selected due to the absence of wild gorillas, based on ground surveys (Pearson et al. 2007).

|The specific release site, along the Mpassa river, was selected due to the absence of wild gorillas, based on ground surveys (Pearson et al. 2007).

|2001 & 2004

|2001 & 2004

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|12. Species Management

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|12.25. Fostering appropriate behaviour to facilitate rehabilitation

|12.25. Fostering appropriate behaviour to facilitate rehabilitation

|The rehabilitation process appears to be successful, as orphans use their environment and interact socially in a similar way to wild gorillas, but the influence of humans in their activity-budget remains high (Le Flohic et al. 2015).

|The rehabilitation process appears to be successful, as orphans use their environment and interact socially in a similar way to wild gorillas, but the influence of humans in their activity-budget remains high (Le Flohic et al. 2015).