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

ISSN

1932-6203

Publisher

Public Library of Science

Volume

9

Issue

12

First Page

e114154

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