Distribution of the Cross River Gorilla

Distribution of the Cross River Gorilla

CMS Agreement on the Distribution: General Conservation of Gorillas UNEP/GA/MOP3/Resolution.3.1/ Annex 2 and their Habitats of the Convention on Migratory 20 June 2019 Species Original: English ANNEX 2 REVISED ACTION PLAN FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE CROSS RIVER GORILLA (Gorilla gorilla diehli) 2014-2019 FewerToday, thethan total population of Cross River gorillas may number fewer than 300 individuals 300 left Revised Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of the Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) 2014–2019 HopeUnderstanding the status of the changing threats across the Cross River gorilla landscape will provide key information for guiding our collectiveSurvival conservation activities cross river gorilla action plan cover_2013.indd 1 2/3/14 10:27 AM Camera trap image of a Cross River gorilla at Afi Mountain Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) This plan outlines measures that should ensure that Cross River gorilla numbers are able to increase at key core sites, allowing them to extend into areas where they have been absent for many years. cross river gorilla action plan cover_2013.indd 2 2/3/14 10:27 AM Revised Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of the Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) 2014-2019 Revised Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of the Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) 2014-2019 Compiled and edited by Andrew Dunn1, 16, Richard Bergl2, 16, Dirck Byler3, Samuel Eben-Ebai4, Denis Ndeloh Etiendem5, Roger Fotso6, Romanus Ikfuingei6, Inaoyom Imong1, 7, 16, Chris Jameson6, Liz Macfie8, 16, Bethan Mor- gan9, 16, Anthony Nchanji6, Aaron Nicholas10, Louis Nkembi11, Fidelis Omeni12, John Oates13, 16, Amy Pokemp- ner14, Sarah Sawyer15 and Elizabeth A. Williamson16 1 Wildlife Conservation Society, Nigeria 2 North Carolina Zoo, USA 3 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, USA 4 Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Cameroon 5 Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Belgium 6 Wildlife Conservation Society, Cameroon 7 Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany 8 Wildlife Conservation Society – Species Program 9 San Diego Zoo Global, USA 10 Born Free Foundation, UK 11 Environment and Rural Development Foundation, Cameroon 12 Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria 13 Hunter College, City University of New York, USA 14 Wildlife Conservation Society – Africa Program 15 USDA Forest Service, USA 16 IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, Section on Great Apes Executive Summary to formulate a set of priority actions to improve THE CAMEROON-NIGERIA border region where the conservation status of the Cross River gorilla Sunrise over Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary the Cross River gorilla occurs is a biodiversity (Gorilla gorilla diehli)—the most threatened of hotspot of global significance. The Cross River the African apes and classified by IUCN as Crit- gorilla can therefore play a role as a ‘flagship’ ically Endangered. Found only in a small area in species; the actions proposed in this plan ensure the mountainous headwaters of the Cross River the survival of both this Critically Endangered straddling the border of Cameroon and Nigeria, ape and the region’s immense biological wealth. it is the most westerly and northerly of the goril- This document represents the consensus of las. Due to past hunting, less than an estimated experts who met at a workshop in February 300 survive in approximately nine sites spread 2012, in Limbe, South West Region, Cameroon, 1 cross river gorilla action plan_text_2013.indd 1 2/6/14 2:57 PM Revised Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of the Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) 2014-2019 across an area of about 12,000 km². Although We believe that the outlook for the conser- Cross River gorillas are legally protected in vation of the Cross River gorilla is increasingly Nigeria and Cameroon, and five of the sites positive. Our understanding of its range and where they occur are designated as protected habitat requirements has improved considerably areas, hunting to supply the bushmeat trade is since the last action plan was drawn up. The area “We believe that the outlook for the still common throughout the region, and goril- known to be occupied by the Cross River gorilla las are poached on occasion. Although poaching is more than twice that presented in the previous conservation of the Cross River gorilla remains the primary threat to the survival of the plan as a result of a series of intensive surveys. is increasingly positive” Cross River gorilla, ongoing habitat loss and Significant areas of forest still exist throughout forest fragmentation are reducing connectivity the Cross River gorilla’s range, and our analy- between several sites, isolating them and reduc- sis suggests that the landscape could support a ing gene flow. much larger population if poaching could be Participants in the 2012 workshop included reduced. Although some poaching still occurs, representatives of forestry and wildlife conserva- the network of protected areas has expanded, tion agencies from the two range countries, local and new approaches to conservation such as and international non-governmental conservation the Gorilla Guardian program and the creation and development organizations, and universi- of a community wildlife sanctuary in the Mbe ty-based researchers. They reviewed the previous Mountains provide some hope for those gorillas plan (2007–2012) and outlined a set of priority located in forests that lack formal protected area actions. A key feature of this revised action plan is status. This plan outlines measures that should the emphasis on monitoring the most important ensure that Cross River gorilla numbers are able threats faced by the Cross River gorilla over the to increase at key core sites, allowing them to course of the next five years. Understanding the extend into areas where they have been absent trends in the changing threats across the Cross for many years. The recommended actions are River gorilla landscape will provide key infor- estimated to cost $10,556,000 over a five-year mation for guiding our collective activities from period from 2014 to 2019. 2014 to 2019. 2 cross river gorilla action plan_text_2013.indd 2 2/6/14 2:57 PM Revised Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of the Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) 2014-2019 Résumé la chasse est la principale menace à la survie du tion du gorille de la rivière Cross, et les analyses LA ZONE FRONTALIèRE ENTRE LE CAMEROUN ET LE gorille de la rivière Cross, la perte et la fragmentation suggèrent que le paysage pourrait abriter une pop- NIGERIA, où l’on rencontre les gorilles est un « point croissante de la forêt menacent aussi la connectivité ulation beaucoup plus importante de gorilles si la chaud » pour la biodiversité, d’une importance entre plusieurs sites. pression de chasse était réduite. Bien que la chasse globale. Le gorille de la rivière Cross pourrait Les participants à l’atelier de 2012, com- existe encore, le réseau des aires protégées a été ainsi agir comme porte étendard, avec les actions prenant les représentants des agences en charge de élargi et de nouvelles approches à la conservation, proposées dans ce plan pour assurer la survie de la conservation de la forêt et de la faune des deux telles que le programme Gardiens des Gorilles et cette espèce gravement en danger et la biodiversité pays, les organisations non-gouvernementales la création d’un sanctuaire communautaire pour globale de la région. Ce plan d’action représente le locales et internationales pour la conservation et le faune dans le Montagnes Mbe, offrent de l’es- consensus auquel sont parvenus les experts réunis le développement, ainsi que des chercheurs en poir aux gorilles qui se trouvent dans les forêts qui au cours d’un atelier organisé au moi de Février provenance des universités, ont procédé à la revue ne détiennent pas le statut formel d’aire protégée. 2012 à Limbe Région du Sud Ouest Cameroun, du plan précédant (2007–2012) et ont formulé Ce plan décrit le programme d’action pour formuler et définir les actions prioritaires qui des recommandations pour les actions prior- qui devrait assurer que le nombre de gorilles devraient améliorer l’état de conservation du gorille itaires. Un aspect clef de ce plan d’action révisé est augmente dans un certain nombre de sites clefs de la rivière Cross (Gorilla gorilla diehli). Le gorille le fait d’insister sur la nécessité du suivi au cours pour s’étendre progressivement à des sites où de la rivière Cross est reconnu par UICN comme des cinq prochaines années des principales men- ils avaient été absents pendant de nombreuses très gravement en danger, et est le grand singe le plus aces auxquelles font face les gorilles. Comprendre années. Les actions recommandées devraient menacé d’Afrique. Cette race de gorille aux confins le statut et la dynamique des menaces à travers coûter environ $10,556,000 au cours des cinq nord-ouest de l’aire de distribution des gorilles, se l’aire de distribution des gorilles devrait mettre à prochaines années, 2014–2019. rencontre uniquement dans les zones montagneuses disposition des informations clefs pour guider nos sources de la rivière Cross, à cheval sur la région activités collectives entre 2014 et 2019. frontalière entre le Cameroun et le Nigeria. En Nous croyons que les perspectives pour la raison de la pression de chasse, moins d’environ 300 conservation du gorille de la rivière Cross sont gorilles survivent dans à peu près neuf sites différents de plus en plus positives. Depuis l’élaboration du repartis sur une superficie d’environ 12000 km2. précédant plan d’action, notre compréhension Bien que le gorille de la rivière Cross soit totalement de l’aire de distribution et paramètre de l’habitat protégé aussi bien au Cameroun qu’au Nigeria et du gorille de la rivière Cross a été sérieusement que cinq des neuf sites où ils sont présents soient améliorée.

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