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Contents 1 Summary 2 Site 3 Ape status 4 Threats to Apes 5 Conservation activities 6 Surveys 7 References

Summary

Species	Pop. Size	Trend	Data Quality
P.t.verus	?	?	Low

Site

Korofin and Wongo National Park (both IUCN category: II) are components of the Bafing Biosphere Reserve in southern Mali, which is the only protected area for chimpanzees within the Manding Plateau area. Woodlands dominate most of the landscape.

Ape status

In Mali, chimpanzee density is very low (probably 0.08-0.27 per km2) (Duvall, C.S., 2008).

Year	Estimated Number of Individuals	Source	Comments
2009	results expected	..	..
2008	..	..	..
2007	..	..	..
2006	..	..	..

Table 1: Chimpanzee population estimate in Korofin NP

Threats to Apes

Major Threats	Korofin NP
Poaching	yes
Disease	no
uncontrolled Tourism	no
Habitat destruction	yes
Logging	no
Mining	no

Table 2: Threats to chimpanzees in Korofin NP

Conservation activities

The management of national parks and faunal reserves is entrusted to the National Parks Department (Direction des parcs nationaux). http://www.cbd.int/countries/contacts.shtml?country=ml

Conservation actions	Korofin NP
Law Enforcement	..
Long-term Research	yes
Permanent Monitoring Program	?
Education	yes
Public Awareness Campaign	yes
Ecotourism	..

Table 3: Conservation activities in Korofin NP

Surveys

From February to December 2004 Chris S. Duvall surveyed chimpanzee dirstribution comparing wildlife habitat use and availiability. Each survey loop was designed to pass through several areas where chimpanzee abundance appeared high, based on nest encounters during reconnaissance surveys, which were conducted during May and July 2003.

References

• Duvall, C.S. (2008). Human settlement ecology and chimpanzee habitat selection in Mali. Landscape Ecol (23): 699-716.
• Moore , J. (1984) Chimpanzee survey in Mali, West Africa. Primate Conservation, 6, 59-63