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Gbi Proposed Protected Area (view source)
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Additional community forest applications overlapping with Krahn-Bassa Proposed Protected Area (KBPPA), which includes the entire continuous forest block and which Gbi Proposed Protected Area forms part of, poses a serious threat to this site. The Gbi Proposed Protected Area is surrounded by Ratified and Proposed Logging Concessions (Junker et al. 2015), as well as by Mineral Exploration Licenses (MEL) held by Middle Island Resources Liberia Ltd. for gold, diamonds, and other commodities except for iron ore (Johnson 2015). MEL’s entail that after a proposed exploration program has been handed to the Minister of Land, Mines, and Energy, the company commences exploration (Wilson et al. 2017). Few empty gun shells or traps were recorded on line transects and recces near Gbi Proposed Protected Area (Junker unpubl. data); however, hunting with guns is a widespread threat to large mammals across most of Liberia’s forests (Junker et al. 2015).
Additional community forest applications overlapping with Krahn-Bassa Proposed Protected Area (KBPPA), which includes the entire continuous forest block and which Gbi Proposed Protected Area forms part of, poses a serious threat to this site. The Gbi Proposed Protected Area is surrounded by Ratified and Proposed Logging Concessions (Junker et al. 2015), as well as by Mineral Exploration Licenses (MEL) held by Middle Island Resources Liberia Ltd. for gold, diamonds, and other commodities except for iron ore (Johnson 2015). MEL’s entail that after a proposed exploration program has been handed to the Minister of Land, Mines, and Energy, the company commences exploration (Wilson et al. 2017). Few empty gun shells or traps were recorded on line transects and recces near Gbi Proposed Protected Area (Junker unpubl. data); however, hunting with guns is a widespread threat to large mammals across most of Liberia’s forests (Junker et al. 2015).
'''Table 3. Threats to great apes in Gbi Proposed Protected Area'''
'''Table 3. Threats to great apes in Gbi Proposed Protected Area'''
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|3. Energy production & mining
|3. Energy production & mining
|3.2 Mining & Quarrying
|3.2 Mining & quarrying
|Medium
|Medium
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|Mining for gold and diamonds (Johnson 2015)
|Mining for gold and diamonds (Johnson 2015).
|Ongoing (2015)
|Ongoing (2015)
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