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	* Key threats to chimpanzees are iron ore mining and poaching.		* Key threats to chimpanzees are iron ore mining and poaching.
	* Conservation activities have focused on poaching patrols.		* Conservation activities have focused on poaching patrols.





	= Site characteristics =		= Site characteristics =

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= Summary =

<div style='float: right'>{{#display_map: height=190px | width=300px | scrollzoom=off | zoom=5 | layers=OpenStreetMap,OpenTopoMap|7.416404,-8.599444~[[Blei Community Forest]]~''Pan troglodytes verus''}}</div>
* Western chimpanzees (''Pan troglodytes verus'') are present in Blei Community Forest.
* The population size is unknown.
* The chimpanzee population trend is decreasing.
* The site has a total size of 6.29 km².
* Key threats to chimpanzees are iron ore mining and poaching.
* Conservation activities have focused on poaching patrols.

= Site characteristics =

The Blei community is adjacent to the east Nimba nature reserve. Characterised by the Blei Mountain, which harbours a chimpanzee population (Zansi 2022).

'''Table 1. Basic site information for Blei Community Forest'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Site_characteristics-table"
|Species
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|-
|Area
|6.29 km²
|-
|Coordinates
|Lat: 7.416404 , Lon: -8.599444
|-
|Type of site
|Non-protected area (Community Forest)
|-
|Habitat types
|Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest
|-
|Type of governance
|
|}

[[Types of sites]] [[Governance types]] [[Habitat types]]
= Ape status =

'''Table 2. Ape population estimates reported for Blei Community Forest'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Ape_status-table"
!Species
!Year
!Occurrence
!Encounter or vistation rate (nests/km; ind/day)
!Density estimate [ind./ km²] (95% CI)
!Abundance estimate (95% CI)
!Survey area
!Sampling method
!Analytical framework
!Source
!Comments
!A.P.E.S. database ID
|-
|''Pan troglodytes verus''
|2009
|
|
|
|
|Blei Community Forest
|Unknown
|
|
|
|
|}

[[Sampling methods]] [[Analytical frameworks]]
= Threats =

Mining of iron ore and poaching (Zansi 2022).

'''Table 3. Threats to apes reported for Blei Community Forest'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Threats-table"
!Category
!Specific threats
!Threat level
!Description
!Year of threat
|-
|3 Energy production & mining
|3.2 Mining & quarrying
|High (more than 70% of population affected)
|Iron ore exploration by Solway Mining Company (Zansi 2022).
|2019
|-
|5 Biological resource use
|5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
|Medium (30-70% of population affected)
|Gun and snares hunting (Zansi 2022).
|Ongoing (2022)
|-
|5 Biological resource use
|5.2 Gathering terrestrial plants
|Medium (30-70% of population affected)
|Collection of NFTPs (Zansi 2022).
|Ongoing (2022)
|}

[[Threats]]
= Conservation activities =

'''Table 4. Conservation activities reported for Blei Community Forest'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Conservation_activities-table"
!Category
!Specific activity
!Description
!Implementing organization(s)
!Year of activity
|-
|2 Counter-wildlife crime
|2.3 Conduct regular anti-poaching patrols
|Regular anti-poaching patrol, community awareness and livelihood program for forest dependent supported by AML in partnership with FDA (Zansi 2022).
|
|Ongoing (2022)
|}

[[Conservation activities]]
= Challenges =

No funding to conduct research, limited capacity (Zansi 2022).

'''Table 5. Challenges reported for Blei Community Forest'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Challenges-table"
!Challenges
!Specific challenges
!Source
!Year(s)
|-
|2 Resources and capacity
|2.3 General lack of funding
|Zansi 2022
|
|-
|2 Resources and capacity
|2.1 Lack of capacity/training
|Zansi 2022
|
|}

[[Challenges]]
= Enablers =

'''Table 6. Enablers reported for Blei Community Forest'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="enabler-table"
!Enablers
!Specific enablers
!Source
!Year(s)
|-
|1 Site management
|
|
|
|-
|2 Resources and capacity
|
|
|
|-
|3 Engaged community
|
|
|
|-
|4 Institutional support
|
|
|
|-
|5 Ecological context
|
|
|
|-
|6 Safety and stability
|
|
|
|}

[[Enablers]]
= Research activities =

Ongoing chimpanzee and large mammals survey (Zansi 2022).

= Documented behaviours =

'''Table 7. Behaviours documented for Blei Community Forest'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="behaviours-table"
!Category
!Behavior
!Observation type
!Prevalence
!Observation dates
!Source
!Habituation
!Species
!Comment
|-
|
|Not reported
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|
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|
|
|
|}

[[Behaviours]]
= Exposure to climate change impacts =

= External links =

= References =

'''Page created by: '''Grace Kotee Zansi''' Date:''' 2022-12-19

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