Dodo Hills Forest Reserve

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Summary

• Western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) are present in Dodo Hills Forest Reserve.
• The population size is unknown.
• The chimpanzee population trend is unknown.
• The site has a total size of 39.4 km².
• Key threats to chimpanzees are expansion of land for agriculture and roads.
• Conservation activities are not documented.

Site characteristics

Dodo Hills Forest Reserve is located in the north-western part of the Kenema District in the Dodo Chiefdom. It is a dense tropical rain forest with a rich diversity of fauna and flora species, including pangolins, primates, butterflies, duikers, birds, woody trees, etc.

Table 1. Basic site information for Dodo Hills Forest Reserve

Area	39.4 km²
Coordinates
Designation	Forest Reserve
Habitat types	Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest

IUCN habitat categories Site designations

Ape status

Table 2. Ape population estimates in Dodo Hills 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
Dodo Hills Forest Reserve

Threats

Table 3. Threats to apes in Dodo Hills 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	High		Presence of abandoned farm lands, farm bushes, cacao farms, hamlets and farm roads traversing the forest (Turay & Kanneh 2022).	Ongoing (2022)
3. Energy production & mining		Unknown
4. Transportation & service corridors	4.1 Roads & railroads	Low		Logging roads caused by forestry in the past (Turay & Kanneh 2022).	Ongoing (2022)
5. Biological resource use		Unknown
6. Human intrusion & disturbance		Unknown
7. Natural system modifications	7.2 Dams & water management/use	Low		The presence of the main hydroelectricity dam supplying electricity to Kenema and Bo on the river poses low level threat to the habitat (Turay & Kanneh 2022).	Ongoing (2022)
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 Dodo Hills 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	Not reported
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 Dodo Hills Forest Reserve

Challenge	Source
Not reported

Research activities

Documented behaviours

Table 6. Ape behaviors reported for Dodo Hills Forest Reserve

Behavior	Source
Not reported

References

Page completed by: Ansumana Babar Turay Date: 18/12/2022