Mont Fouari

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• Central chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) are present in Mont Fouari.
• The population size is unknown.
• The chimpanzee population trend is unknown.
• The site has a total size of 156 km².
• Key threats to chimpanzees are hunting, logging, and agricultural expansion.
• Conservation activities have focused on raising awareness in local communities.

Landscape at Mont Fouari © Clement Inkamba Nkulu

Site characteristics

The site is located in southwestern Republic of Congo, bordering Gabon, in the Department of Niari, Nyanga district. Wildlife species inhabiting the area include forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis), buffalos (Syncerus caffer nanus), sitatungas (Tragelaphus spekei), Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa), Harnessed bushbucks (Tragelaphus scriptus), red river hogs (Potamochoerus porcus), six duiker species (Cephalophus sp.), wild cats and diurnal monkeys (e.g., Cercopithecus nictitans, C. cephus and Miopithecus ogouensis) (Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022).

Table 1. Basic site information for Mont Fouari

Species	'Pan troglodytes troglodytes
Area	156 km²
Coordinates	Lat: -2.765613 , Lon: 11.686915
Type of site	Unknown
Habitat types	Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest, Savanna
Type of governance

IUCN habitat categories Site designations

Ape status

Table 2. Ape population estimates reported for Mont Fouari

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 troglodytes	2005		0.07			Mont Fouari	Reconnaissance walk		WCS 2007 as cited by Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022

Threats

The main threats at the site include poaching for consumption and bushmeat trade, and destruction of habitat due to logging and agricultural expansion (Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022).

Table 3. Threats to apes reported for Mont Fouari

Category	Specific threats	Threat level	Description	Year of threat
10 Geological events		Absent
12 Other threat		Absent
2 Agriculture & aquaculture	2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops	Present (unknown severity)	Presence of agricultural fields (Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022).	Ongoing (2022)
5 Biological resource use	5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals	Present (unknown severity)	Poachers are hunting chimps in the area for bushmeat consumption and trade (Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022).	Ongoing (2022)
5 Biological resource use	5.3 Logging & wood harvesting	Present (unknown severity)	Presence of a bulldozer destined for logging, from a Gabonese operator (Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022).	2005
1 Residential & commercial development		Unknown
3 Energy production & mining		Unknown
4 Transportation & service corridors	4.1 Roads & railroads	Present (unknown severity)	Presence of roads from Madanda to the west of the Mont Fouari reserve and from Dolisie to Ngongo village, which is the border of Gabon (Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022).	Ongoing (2022)
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

IUCN Threats list

Conservation activities

WCS and CNIAF organised an ecological survey in 2005 in several protected areas and protection zones in order to assess the conservation status of these sites (Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022).

Table 4. Conservation activities reported for Mont Fouari

Category	Specific activity	Description	Implementing organization(s)	Year of activity
2 Counter-wildlife crime	2.10 Inform hunters of the dangers (e.g., disease transmission) of handling ape meat	Community members are asked not to hunt and consume chimpanzees because primates in general may transmit Ebola (Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022).		Ongoing (2022)
4 Education & awareness	4.1 Educate local communities about apes and sustainable use	Communications to the public for the protection of primate habitats (Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022).		Ongoing (2022)
5 Protection & restoration	5.2 Legally protect ape habitat	The site is a protected area (Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022).		Ongoing (2022)

Conservation activities list (Junker et al. 2017)

Map of Mont Fouari © Clement Inkamba Nkulu

Challenges

Table 5. Challenges reported for Mont Fouari

Challenges	Specific challenges	Source	Year(s)
4 Institutional support	4.1 Lack of law enforcement	Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022
2 Resources and capacity	2.2 Lack of staff	Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022
2 Resources and capacity	2.3 General lack of funding	Inkamba Nkulu pers. comm. 2022

Enablers

Table 6. Enablers reported for Mont Fouari

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

Research activities

The only known study at the site is the 2005 inventory conducted by WCS and CNIAF with the objective to investigate wildlife conservation status and human impact on the protected area in this region (Inkamba et al. 2007).

Documented behaviours

Table 7. Behaviours documented for Mont Fouari

Behavior	Source
Not reported

References

Inkamba, N. C., Nganga, I., Diahouakou, R. et Moussoukou Mpemba, E. (2007). Sondage écologique des mammifères dans quelques aires protégées dans le district de Nyanga. Rapport WCS-CNIAF, 37p.

Page created by: Clement Inkamba Nkulu, Principal investigator for WCS Bateke plateau Date: NA