Transcript Diapositive 1 - ESRI Conservation Program

Key Biodiversity Areas- KBA
Keita M. Kobele
David Knox, Mamadou Saliou Diallo ,Nema Soua Loua
OVERVIEW
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Project area
Prioritization
Preview methods
The concept of KBA
Outcomes
Analysis
Next steps
acknowledgements
The Republic of Guinea
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Coordonates : 9°30′N 13°43′W
Area : 245,857 km²
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Encompasses the water source for the Niger, Senegal, and Gambie
Rivers, with a coastline (320 km) facing the Atlantic Ocean.
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Natural resources: bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium,
hydropower, fish, salt as well agricultural resources
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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.
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Population: 9,690,222 (July 2006 est.)
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Population below poverty line: 47%
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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/
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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
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Habitat lost
wood cutting
 Cultivation
 Mining/Industrial operation
 Bushfire
 Building/roads
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Illegal hunting and breeding sites
disturbance
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Human population increase
Prioritization for biodiversity
conservation
resources for conservation are limited
 where to act first ??
 Focus: high irreplaceability and high
vulnerability
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Preview method 1:
West African Priorities Setting workshop
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Experts identified 13 broad regions across Guinea (~ 2.54 % of
Guinea surface area) based on 7 taxonomic groups
Strength and limitations
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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
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18 IBAs covering 2.9% of the Guinean land surface
Strength and limitations
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Provides the data-driven approach with
quantitative, repeatable criteria.
Major limitation: Only focuses on a single taxon
(birds)
The Key Biodiversity Areas concepts
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Key Biodiversity Areas :
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Criteria: presence of:
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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
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Definition of the Guinean IUCN redlist: CR, EN, VU
Base: BirdLife International one taxonomic approach
and extended the others taxonomic groups
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synthesizing threatened species distributional data
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collating and analysing these data to identify Key
Biodiversity Areas
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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
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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
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Update the assessment particularly for freshwater
taxa
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Engage Private sector in KBAs
Rio Tinto :Forest Guinea (biological surveys)
 Alcoa: Maritime Guinea (biological surveys, other
data gathering)
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BHP Billinton - Guinea ( biological surveys, data
gathering)
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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
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Phase 1: Data capture, storage
Phase 2: Changes analysis and results
Phase 3: Outputs : posters, web site…
Acknowledgments
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Center of Applied Biodiversity Science , CI;
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Guinée Ecologie
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Dptmt “Nature Conservation”, Guinea
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SCGIS
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ESRI
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All those who are not listed
THANK YOU
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