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Guinea Massif du Ziama
Declaration date : 1980
Surface area : 119.019 ha
Administrative division: Guinée Forestière in the South-
east of the country, Gouvernorat de N’Zérékoré, Préfecture
de Macenta
Human activities:
Essentially agro-pastoral activities with substance crops
(rice, manioc, corn, niébé,…) and export crops (coffee,
cacao, cola,…), Sheep, poultry, pigs and cattle. Also hunt-
ing and fishing.
Crafts are scantly developed. Wood is exploited for build-
ing in the surrounding areas.
Ecological characteristics :
Plant ecology : the
forest is dense, ever-
green or semi-
evergreen. There are
two vegetation lay-
ers: a bottom layer at
altitudes of between
950 and 1,000 m.
and a mountain
layer overhanging
the lower layer. This
layer includes: um-
brophilic, mesophilic, semi-xerophile swampy, riparian
and gallery forests. They include important species such
as: Niangon, lovoa, entandrophragmas, Dabema, Khaya,
liroko, makoré, mamea, Bako, Popo, etc.…The reserve
hosts 1306 species of plants, of which 654 are trees,
bushes, lianas and 62 grasses (PGRR 1999).
Animal ecology: According to PROGESFOR (1991-1994)
Ziama includes 124 species of mammals, among them:
elephants, monkeys, buffalos, dwarf hippopotamus, chim-
panzees, ungulates and carnivorous animals. There are also
31 species of bats, 36 species of rodents, 286 species of
birds out of the 347 species present in the Region, 54 spe-
cies of reptiles (41 species of serpents, 10 lizards, 2 tor-
toises, 1 crocodile) and 30 species of batrachians. Ziama
forest is a refuge for several rare, vulnerable and threat-
ened species. It is home to 22 species of mammals pro-
tected under CITES. In addition, the forest is one of the
most important habitats for endemic species of the large
upper Guinean forest block, between Sierra Leone, Liberia
and Côte d’Ivoire.
Contact information :
Cécé Papa CONDE
Chef de Division Conservation Biodiversité Centre Forestier
N’Zérékoré Rép. de Guinée Afrique de l’Ouest
B.P. : 624 Conakry et B.P. : 171 N’Zérékoré
Email : cecepapaconde@yahoo.fr
Tel. : 00224/64-37-89-00
Protection classification :
Natural State Domain, Forestry Code (1989) ;
Art. 97 ; inalienable (Art. 101).
State Classified Forest
Biosphere Reserve
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