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Key Biodiversity Areas- KBA Keita M. Kobele David Knox, Mamadou Saliou Diallo ,Nema Soua Loua OVERVIEW Project area Prioritization Preview methods The concept of KBA Outcomes Analysis Next steps acknowledgements The Republic of Guinea Coordonates : 9°30′N 13°43′W Area : 245,857 km² Encompasses the water source for the Niger, Senegal, and Gambie Rivers, with a coastline (320 km) facing the Atlantic Ocean. Natural resources: bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish, salt as well agricultural resources The country possesses over 30% of the world's bauxite reserves and is the second-largest bauxite producer. The mining sector accounted for about 75% of exports in 1999. Population: 9,690,222 (July 2006 est.) Population below poverty line: 47% Environment agreement : party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements The Guinean Forests of West Africa Hotspot- The Guinean Forest: Characteristics http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots/west_africa/ Hotspot Original Extent (km2) : 620,314 Hotspot Vegetation Remaining (km2): 93,047 Endemic Plant Species: 1800 Human Population Density (people/km2): 137 Area Protected (km2) : 108,104 while west Africa is important, it does not tell us where to work on the ground = identify priority sites for conservation (e.g KBAs). Threats Habitat lost wood cutting Cultivation Mining/Industrial operation Bushfire Building/roads Illegal hunting and breeding sites disturbance Human population increase Prioritization for biodiversity conservation resources for conservation are limited where to act first ?? Focus: high irreplaceability and high vulnerability Preview method 1: West African Priorities Setting workshop . Experts identified 13 broad regions across Guinea (~ 2.54 % of Guinea surface area) based on 7 taxonomic groups Strength and limitations Excellent in that they build consensus but they lack comprehensive data and objective criteria. This leaves 2 major limitations: 1) they are not transparent or repeatable 2) given there are no quantitative criteria or targets it makes monitoring any conservation impossible Preview method 2 Important Bird Areas- IBA program 18 IBAs covering 2.9% of the Guinean land surface Strength and limitations Provides the data-driven approach with quantitative, repeatable criteria. Major limitation: Only focuses on a single taxon (birds) The Key Biodiversity Areas concepts Key Biodiversity Areas : Criteria: presence of: sites of global significance for biodiversity conservation data-driven, multi-taxonomic approach a guide conservation investment and interventions globally threatened species according to the IUCN Red List: Vulnerable, Endangered and Critically Endangered restricted range species; globally significant congregations; Bioregionally-restricted species Taxonomic groups covered: Reptiles, Amphibians, Mammals, Birds, Plants, Crustaceans, Methods Definition of the Guinean IUCN redlist: CR, EN, VU Base: BirdLife International one taxonomic approach and extended the others taxonomic groups synthesizing threatened species distributional data collating and analysing these data to identify Key Biodiversity Areas Input from scientists with core understanding of Guinean Biodiversity Outcomes 28 KBAs identified, representing 5 % of Guinea surface area 72 Globally Threatened Species assessed KBAs indentified within Guinea SENEGAL GUINEA MALI BISSAU COTE D’IVOIRE SIERRA LEONE LIBERIA Guinea Low Land region I GUINEA BISSAU Guinea Low Land region II Guinea Low Land region III SIERRA LEONE Central Guinea GUINEA BISSAU SENEGAL Upper Guinea MALI COTE D’IVOIRE SIERRA LEONE The Forest Region of Guinea COTE D’IVOIRE LIBERIA some sites Les Monts Nimba, an AZE site 6 endemic Critically Endangered and Endangered species: Arthroleptis crusculum, Hipposideros lamottei, Hyperolius nimbae, Micropotamogale lamottei, Nimbaphrynoides liberiensis, Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis Le Massif de Ziama, Diécké and Pic de fon also hold strongholds of many Afromontane Upper Guinea Forest Endemics Analysis Taxonomic analysis: Mammalian -Birds: -Amphibians Reptiles -Bats -Plants: 17 10 5 1 1 38 Criteria analysis: -Critically Endanger (CR): 3 -Endanger (EN): 14 -Vulnerable (VU): 55 KBAs’ Status analysis: -Strict 2 Nature Reserve -National 4 Park Classified Forests 15 Total protected: 21 => 75%, but… NEXT Update the assessment particularly for freshwater taxa Engage Private sector in KBAs Rio Tinto :Forest Guinea (biological surveys) Alcoa: Maritime Guinea (biological surveys, other data gathering) BHP Billinton - Guinea ( biological surveys, data gathering) Define accurate boundaries for these KBAs = GIS PROJECT … Our Project: Conservation GIS in Guinea Objective: Make available the Conservation GIS data and provide technical assistance to conservation projects in Guinea Pilot project: Forests changes analysis in KBAs Phase 1: Data capture, storage Phase 2: Changes analysis and results Phase 3: Outputs : posters, web site… Acknowledgments Center of Applied Biodiversity Science , CI; Guinée Ecologie Dptmt “Nature Conservation”, Guinea SCGIS ESRI All those who are not listed THANK YOU Biodiversity Conservation is linked to human livelihoods'