Guinean forests of West Africa

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biodiversity hotspot ecoregion tropical moist broadleaf forest

The Guinean forests of West Africa are a biodiversity-rich tropical moist forest ecoregion stretching along the West African coast, renowned for its high levels of endemism and severe habitat loss.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Forest Guinea 1
Guinea forested region 1
Guinean forest region of West Africa 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
ecoregion ⓘ
tropical moist broadleaf forest ⓘ
adjacentTo Congo Rainforest ⓘ
surface form: Central African forests

Guinean mangroves ⓘ
Sudan savanna ⓘ
surface form: West Sudanian savanna
biome tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ⓘ
climate humid tropical ⓘ
seasonally wet and dry ⓘ
conservationStatus highly threatened ⓘ
containsHabitat lowland rainforest ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ
swamp forest ⓘ
containsSpecies Diana monkey ⓘ
forest elephant ⓘ
pygmy hippopotamus ⓘ
Pan troglodytes ⓘ
surface form: western chimpanzee

white-necked rockfowl ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHighLevelOf habitat fragmentation ⓘ
species endemism ⓘ
hasSubregion Guinean forests of West Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lower Guinean forests

Guinean forests of West Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upper Guinean forests
importantFor carbon storage ⓘ
regional climate regulation ⓘ
knownFor high endemism ⓘ
high species richness ⓘ
severe habitat loss ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
partOf Afrotropical ⓘ
surface form: Afrotropical realm
recognizedAs global biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
recognizedBy Conservation International ⓘ
WWF ⓘ
stretchesAlong Atlantic coast of West Africa ⓘ
threat agricultural expansion ⓘ
bushmeat hunting ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
logging ⓘ
mining ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Africa Rocks → featuresHabitat → Guinean forests of West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: West African forest
Africa Rocks → hasExhibitZone → Guinean forests of West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: West African forest zone
Sub-Saharan Africa → hasNaturalRegion → Guinean forests of West Africa ⓘ
Guinea → hasRegion → Guinean forests of West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Forest Guinea
Guinean forests of West Africa → hasSubregion → Guinean forests of West Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Guinean forests
Guinean forests of West Africa → hasSubregion → Guinean forests of West Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Guinean forests
Lower Guinea → isPartOf → Guinean forests of West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guinean forest region of West Africa
Guéckédou Prefecture → partOf → Guinean forests of West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guinea forested region