Protected Areas in Tropical Africa: Assessing Threats and Conservation Activities

Authors

• Sandra Tranquilli, University College London
• Michael Abedi-Lartey, University of Konstanz
• Katharine Abernethy, University of Stirling
• Fidèle Amsini, Frankfurt Zoological Society
• Augustus Asamoah, Ghana Cocoa Board
• Cletus Balangtaa, Ankasa Conservation Area, Ghana
• Stephen Blake, University of Missouri, St. Louis
• Estelle Bouanga, l'Environnement et de la Protection des Ressources Naturelles, Libreville, Gabon
• Thomas Breuer, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Terry M. Brncic, Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Freetown, Sierra Leone
• Geneviève Campbell, Montreal, Canada
• Rebecca Chancellor, West Chester University of PennsylvaniaFollow
• Colin A. Chapman, McGill University
• Tim R. B. Davenport, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Andrew Dunn, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Jef Dupain, African Wildlife Foundation
• Atanga Ekobo, World Wide Fund for Nature
• Manasseh Eno-Nku, World Wide Fund for Nature
• Gilles Etoga, World Wide Fund for Nature
• Takeshi Furuichi, Kyoto University
• Sylvain Gatti, West African Primate Conservation Action
• Andrea Ghiurghi, Rome, Italy
• Chie Hashimoto, Kyoto University
• John A. Hart, Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Josephine Head, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
• Martin Hega, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Ilka Herbinger, World Wide Fund for Nature
• Thurston C. Hicks, University of Amsterdam
• Lars H. Holbech, University of Ghana
• Bas Huijbregts, World Wide Fund for Nature
• Hjalmar S. Kühl, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
• Inaoyom Imong, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Stephane Le-Duc Yeno, World Wide Fund for Nature
• Joshua Linder, James Madison University
• Phil Marshall, North Eastern Parks Programme, Windhoek, Namibia
• Peter Minasoma Lero, Ministry of Interior and Wildlife Conservation, Juba, Republic of South Sudan
• David Morgan, Fisher Center for Great Ape Research, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
• Leonard Mubalama, World Wide Fund for Nature
• Paul K. N'Goran, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
• Aaron Nicholas, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Stuart Nixon, Zoological Society of London
• Emmanuelle Normand, Wild Chimpanzee Foundation
• Leonidas Nziguyimpa, Institut National pour l'Environnement et la Conservation de la Nature, Bururi, Burundi
• Zacharie Nzooh-Dongmo, World Wide Fund for Nature
• Richard Ofori-Amanfo, Bia Conservation Area, Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana
• Babafemi G. Ogunjemite, Federal University of Technology, Akure
• Charles-Albert Petre, University of Liege
• Hugo J. Rainey, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Sebastien Regnaut, International Union for Conservation of Nature
• Orume Robinson, Korup National Park, Ndian, Cameroon
• Aaron S. Rundus, West Chester University of PennsylvaniaFollow
• Crickette M. Sanz, Washington University in St Louis
• David Tiku Okon, World Wide Fund for Nature
• Angelique Todd, World Wide Fund for Nature
• Ymke Warren, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Volker Sommer, University College London

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-3-2014

Publication Title

PLOS ONE

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0114154

Recommended Citation

Tranquilli, S., Abedi-Lartey, M., Abernethy, K., Amsini, F., Asamoah, A., Balangtaa, C., Blake, S., Bouanga, E., Breuer, T., Brncic, T. M., Campbell, G., Chancellor, R., Chapman, C. A., Davenport, T. R., Dunn, A., Dupain, J., Ekobo, A., Eno-Nku, M., Etoga, G., Furuichi, T., Gatti, S., Ghiurghi, A., Hashimoto, C., Hart, J. A., Head, J., Hega, M., Herbinger, I., Hicks, T. C., Holbech, L. H., Huijbregts, B., Kühl, H. S., Imong, I., Yeno, S. L., Linder, J., Marshall, P., Lero, P. M., Morgan, D., Mubalama, L., N'Goran, P. K., Nicholas, A., Nixon, S., Normand, E., Nziguyimpa, L., Nzooh-Dongmo, Z., Ofori-Amanfo, R., Ogunjemite, B. G., Petre, C., Rainey, H. J., Regnaut, S., Robinson, O., Rundus, A. S., Sanz, C. M., Okon, D. T., Todd, A., Warren, Y., & Sommer, V. (2014). Protected Areas in Tropical Africa: Assessing Threats and Conservation Activities. PLOS ONE, 9(12), e114154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114154