scholarly journals A proposal for a transnational forest network area for elephants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

Oryx ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc P. E. Parren ◽  
Bertken M. de Leede ◽  
Frans Bongers
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Isolated Populations ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Forest Elephants ◽  
Network Area ◽  
Loxodonta Africana Cyclotis

Forest elephants Loxodonta africana cyclotis in Ghana and eastern Côte d'Ivoire live in small isolated populations and number fewer than 1,000 individuals in total. To ensure the long-term survival of these elephants the present forest reserves need to be linked into a network by forest corridors. The potential of such corridors is demonstrated by the active use by elephants in Ghana of forest ‘shelterbelts’, created in the 1930s. Using information from recent surveys of elephants and vegetation status, and from published information, we propose three possible wildlife corridors in the border region between Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, establishment of which would lead to a transnational forest network area in the Bia and Bossematié areas. Establishing a forest network for forest elephants would require political will, transnational cooperation among forest and wildlife managers, and participation of the local people.

scholarly journals Ivory Coast without ivory: Massive extinction of African forest elephants in Côte d’Ivoire

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. e0232993
Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Kouakou ◽  
Sery Gonedelé Bi ◽  
Eloi Anderson Bitty ◽  
Célestin Kouakou ◽  
Alphonse Kouassi Yao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Forest Elephants

scholarly journals Spatial Distribution of Elephants versus Human and Ecological Variables in Western Ghana

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Danquah
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Ecological Variables ◽  
Forest Elephants

An elephant survey was conducted in the Bia-Goaso Forest Block in western Ghana during the wet season month of November 2012 to determine the distribution of elephants and assess the human and ecological variables that affect them. One hundred and thirty 1-kilometre transects were systematically distributed in three strata (high, medium, and low density) based on elephant dung pile density recorded in an initial reconnaissance. Elephant activity was concentrated in southern and mid-Bia Conservation Area, the southern tip of Bia North Forest Reserve, and eastern Mpameso Forest Reserve towards the adjoining Bia Shelter belt, indicating a clumped distribution. Secondary forest, water availability, poaching activity, and proximity to roads and settlements explained a high proportion of variance in elephant distribution. Given that the Bia-Goaso Forest Block forms an important biogeographic corridor between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, more effort should be directed at mitigating the problems such as poaching activity, vehicular traffic, and impacts of settlements that hinder seasonal movements of forest elephants between western Ghana and eastern Cote d’Ivoire.

scholarly journals Diversité Et Variabilité Du Régime Alimentaire Des Éléphants Du Parc National d’Azagny (Sud - Côte d’Ivoire)

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Kouame Djaha ◽  
Gone Bi Zoro Bertin ◽  
Kpangui Kouassi Bruno ◽  
Koffi Bene Jean Claude ◽  
Koffi Kouao Jean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Feeding Preference ◽  
Species List ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Forest Elephants ◽  
One Year ◽  
Albizia Adianthifolia

In Côte d'Ivoire, Azagny National Park has a small forest elephants population, described as isolated, self-contained and whose survival depends on the diversity of local biological resources. A study was undertaken to assess the diversity of the plant species consumed and the feeding preference of this large mammal. Pedestrian surveys were carried out in the different biotopes traveled by the elephants during one year, in search of fresh and old traces of nutrition and droppings. As a result of these inventories, six organs of 282 plant species have been identified has consumed by elephant. In this plant species list, three families are the most represented: the Apocynaceae, the Euphorbiaceae and the Rubiaceae. Among the elephant diet, five species appear to be the most consumed: Aframomum melegueta (1.45%), Aframomum sceptrum (1.45%), Sacoglottis gabonensis (1.27%), Echinochloa pyramidalis (1.2%) and Albizia adianthifolia (1.2%). Considering the number and type of organs harvested from plants, the study reveals that they varied from one species to another well. In general, leaves (256 species 90.8%) and fruits (95 species or 33.7%) have emerged as the most consumed organs of elephants. In view of this diet importance in elephant survival in the park, it would be important to identify the type of species consumed seasonally and to assess their availability in each of the biotopes traveled.

Évaluation de la qualité de vie (QDV) des patients diabétiques de type 2 au CHU de Yopougon, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-374
Author(s):  
A. Yao ◽  
A. Hué ◽  
J. Danho ◽  
P. Koffi-Dago ◽  
M. Sanogo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Qualité De Vie ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire

La femme dans les mythologies de Côte d’Ivoire

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-325
Author(s):  
Drissa Kone ◽  
Amani N’Goran ◽  
Diomandé Ve
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire
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