Abstract
Djamde Wildlife Reserve, with an area of about 8,000 ha, is located in Kozah prefecture (Kara region in northern Togo), between 9°31’ and 9°35’ N latitude and 1°01’ and 1°05’ E longitude. This reserve was created by the merger in 2003 of the classified forests of Djamde and Kindja. These two forests were classified respectively by Decision No. 766-54/EF and No. 765-54/EF signed on July, 29th 1954 by the colonial authority. To date, there is still no legislative enactment that establishes Djamde’s reserve status. Since 2003, its management has been granted to TOGO-FAUNE Company. Different plant communities identified are: clear forests, gallery forests, shrubby savannas and a mosaic of wooded/tree savannas. The inventory of woody species carried out on circular plots, allowed to identify 126 ligneous species distributed in 40 botanical families and 94 genera. Eleven of these species are classified in the IUCN Red List with the status of “extinction risk”. The pressures on the biodiversity of Djamde’s reserve include poaching, wood fuel production and vegetation fires. Aim of this project is to create an Ecological Corridor between Wildlife Reserve and Sarakawa’s Park and to promote public-private partnership in protected area management.
Highlights
Tropical forests, which cover less than 10% of the Earth’s total land area, are hosting 50–90% of the known terrestrial plant and animal species, and forest biodiversity underpins most of the forest ecosystem services (FAO 2010; Seppala et al 2009; MEA 2005)
Awitazi et al: Diversity of Woody Species in Djamde Wildlife Reserve, Northern Togo, West Africa growing deforestation and degradation phenomena limit the ability of forest ecosystems to provide their vital goods and services to the population
Identified as a priority protected area and to strengthen its management, Djamde wildlife reserve was granted to TOGO-FAUNE, for 99 years. It is in the context of this lease that the company named TOGO-FAUNE, with technical assistance of the Ministry of the Environment and Forestry Resources (MERF) commissioned studies, including the forestry inventory of Djamde reserve, for the drafting of its management plan
Summary
Tropical forests, which cover less than 10% of the Earth’s total land area, are hosting 50–90% of the known terrestrial plant and animal species, and forest biodiversity underpins most of the forest ecosystem services (FAO 2010; Seppala et al 2009; MEA 2005). These forests provide many ecosystem services such as species conservation, soil erosion prevention, and plants and animals habitat preservation (Armenteras et al 2009).
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