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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