Guinean forests of West Africa

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The Guinean forests of West Africa are a biodiversity-rich tropical moist forest ecoregion stretching along the West African coast, renowned for its high levels of endemism and severe habitat loss.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biodiversity hotspot
ecoregion
tropical moist broadleaf forest
adjacentTo Central African forests
linked to: Congo Rainforest

Guinean mangroves
West Sudanian savanna
linked to: Sudan savanna
biome tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
climate humid tropical
seasonally wet and dry
conservationStatus highly threatened
containsHabitat lowland rainforest
montane forest
swamp forest
containsSpecies Diana monkey
forest elephant
pygmy hippopotamus
western chimpanzee
linked to: Pan troglodytes

white-necked rockfowl
continent Africa
country Benin
Cameroon
Côte d’Ivoire
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Togo
hasHighLevelOf habitat fragmentation
species endemism
hasSubregion Lower Guinean forests
Upper Guinean forests
importantFor carbon storage
regional climate regulation
knownFor high endemism
high species richness
severe habitat loss
locatedIn West Africa
partOf Afrotropical realm
linked to: Afrotropical
recognizedAs global biodiversity hotspot
recognizedBy Conservation International
WWF
stretchesAlong Atlantic coast of West Africa
threat agricultural expansion
bushmeat hunting
deforestation
logging
mining

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Sub-Saharan Africa hasNaturalRegion Guinean forests of West Africa
Africa Rocks featuresHabitat West African forest
linked to: Guinean forests of West Africa
Africa Rocks hasExhibitZone West African forest zone
linked to: Guinean forests of West Africa
Guinea hasRegion Forest Guinea
linked to: Guinean forests of West Africa
Lower Guinea isPartOf Guinean forest region of West Africa
linked to: Guinean forests of West Africa
Guéckédou Prefecture partOf Guinea forested region
linked to: Guinean forests of West Africa
Guinean forests of West Africa hasSubregion Upper Guinean forests
linked to: Guinean forests of West Africa
Guinean forests of West Africa hasSubregion Lower Guinean forests
linked to: Guinean forests of West Africa
Afrotropical realm contains Guinean forests of West Africa
subject linked to: Afrotropical
Mano people culturalArea Upper Guinea forest
linked to: Guinean forests of West Africa
Gio people culturalRegion Upper Guinea forest region
linked to: Guinean forests of West Africa
Cross River National Park partOf Guinean Forests of West Africa biodiversity hotspot
linked to: Guinean forests of West Africa
Drill Ranch Afi Mountain ecosystem Guineo-Congolian rainforest
linked to: Guinean forests of West Africa
Cephalophus niger ecoregion Upper Guinean forests
linked to: Guinean forests of West Africa
Cephalophus sylvicultor ecoregion Guinean forests of West Africa