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Hotspots - Guinean Forests (59) More files...
The Guinean Forests of West Africa stretch from Guinea to Cameroon, and include scattered forest fragments in Sierre Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon, as well as several islands in the Gulf of Guinea. This hotspot is home to more than a quarter of all Africa's mammal species and is exceptionally important for primate conservation, with no less than 18 endemic species. It is also the original home of the oil palm and, the goliath frog and the pygmy hippopotamus. Less than 15% of the original forest cover remains, and this is under threat from logging and hunting for bush meat.
Dawn over canopy of Tai Forest, Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa
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Michael W. Richards / Dawn over canopy of Tai Forest, Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa
Misty morning looking out over the trees from Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.
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Anup Shah / Misty morning looking out over the trees from Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.
Temperate rainforest of Mount Kilum, Cameroon, West Africa
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Nigel Bean / Temperate rainforest of Mount Kilum, Cameroon, West Africa
Interior of Mangrove forest, Dikolo, Cameroon, West Africa
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Doug Wechsler / Interior of Mangrove forest, Dikolo, Cameroon, West Africa
Temperate rainforest of Mount Kilum, Cameroon, West Africa
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Nigel Bean / Temperate rainforest of Mount Kilum, Cameroon, West Africa
Buttress roots of a large Fig tree (Ficus sp.) in lowland rainforest, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, January 2008.
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Tim Laman / Buttress roots of a large Fig tree (Ficus sp.) in lowland rainforest, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, January 2008.
Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea, December 2010.
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Anup Shah / Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea, December 2010.
Aerial view of river gorge of the Rio Iladyi on the Southwest of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, with cascades in the upper gorge visible. January 2008
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Tim Laman / Aerial view of river gorge of the Rio Iladyi on the Southwest of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, with cascades in the upper gorge visible. January 2008
Waterfall on the Rio Santo Antonio in the upper region of the Gran Caldera Volcanica de Luba, Caldera wall is visible in the background, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, January 2008
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Tim Laman / Waterfall on the Rio Santo Antonio in the upper region of the Gran Caldera Volcanica de Luba, Caldera wall is visible in the background, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, January 2008
Aerial view of the south coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, January 2008
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Tim Laman / Aerial view of the south coast of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, January 2008
Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) young male 'Jeje' aged 13 years walking through the forest, wide angle perspective, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. January 2011.
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Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) young male 'Jeje' aged 13 years walking through the forest, wide angle perspective, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. January 2011.
Rainforest interior view after rain, inside the Caldera on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, January 2008.
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Tim Laman / Rainforest interior view after rain, inside the Caldera on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, January 2008.