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Community engagement, research, educa3on and outreach for conserva3on in the Ebo Forest: Cameroon’s newest Na3onal Park?
Ekwoge Abwe San Diego Zoo Global/Ebo Forest Research Project
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• Gorillas of uncertain taxonomic affinity
• Healthy populaDon of chimpanzees and drills
• 11 diurnal primate species including
• Nut cracking chimps • Preuss’s red colobus • Grassroots support for conservaDon
• Goal: Ebo NaDonal Park CreaDon
Ebo Forest
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Biodiversity
Suppor3ng Services
Cultural Services
Healthy Ecosystem
Regula3ng Services
Provisioning Services
Ecosystem Services
Cultural Services
Biodiversity
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Cultural Services Community Engagement
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Uniqueness of Ebo forest: Grassroots support for
biodiversity conservation and Ebo National Park creation
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Grassroots support for biodiversity conserva3on and Ebo Na3onal Park crea3on Club des Amis des Gorilles (CAG) • Voluntary membership,
recognized by administraDon • More than 200 members in
three villages • Gorilla and large mammals
monitoring by CAG members • RecogniDon of outstanding
CAG members by Mayor • Community sensiDzaDon • Hunters and school educaDon • AlternaDve sustainable
livelihoods • Showcase for research and
educaDon
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ConservaDon outreach and livelihood acDviDes 1. Training hunters at Limbe Wildlife Center 2. Teachers’ training workshop 3. Sustainable alternaDve livelihood projects
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Research and Conserva3on Work in Ebo Forest
Healthiest populaDon of Nigeria-‐Cameroon chimpanzees, with more than 700 individuals
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The forest harbors the only other populaDon of the CriDcally Endangered Preuss’s red colobus
The drill populaDon of Ebo is the healthiest for the species that is threatened across its range
A preliminary checklist of 160 species of birds from ongoing ornithological inventories
Herpetologists from Berlin Museum and University of Buea have been surveying for frogs across the forest
Other important vertebrates
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Dr. Cheek – Kew Gardens, UK botanist in Ebo forest, 2005
2013 NaDonal Herbarium and Royal Botanical Gardens expediDon in Ebo
1. Palisota ebo 2. Ardisia ebo 3. Talbo3ella ebo 4. Gilber3odendron ebo
Dr. Tchiengue, botanist at NaDonal Herbarium Yaoundé at Ebo forest, 2005
Botanical Inventories
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Ebo forest – showcase for biodiversity research
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Employment and building local capacity
1. Camera trapping and other remote sensing devices 2. Research faciliDes for educaDon and conservaDon 3. Ebo forest-‐wide elephant and large mammal surveys 4. Training of tradiDonal rulers on Cameroon Wildlife Law
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Community resource base • Food and especially animal protein source
• Source of fresh clean water • Source of building materials • Deep spiritual value for the Banen tribe
• Site for ancestral graves and groves
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Effects of over-‐exploitaDon
• Habitat loss and fragmentaDon
• Species populaDon size and range decline
• Local exDncDons • Food security in local communiDes – unequal distribuDon of benefits
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The Ebo National Park – conserving biodiversity for the service of present and future
generations • Resource base for benefit of local communiDes and beyond
• PotenDal for potable water for Douala and other large ciDes
• Showcase for biodiversity research and conservaDon
• PotenDal for ecotourism • Other ecosystem services
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The Ebo National Park – conserving biodiversity for the service of present and
future generations
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Our supporters…
Offield Family Founda3on
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Our collaborators The Government of Cameroon
Ministere des Forets et Faune (MINFOF) Ministere de l’environnement (MINEP) Ministere des Recherche Scientifique et de l’Innovation
(MINRESI) Herbier National de Cameroun
WWF WCS Limbe Wildlife Centre (Pandrillus Foundation) Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Last Great Ape Organization Drexel University University of Melbourne Smithsonian CIFOR
Limbe Wildlife Centre
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Thank you ?