Cavally and Goin - Debe Forest Reserves (6097)
Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2015
National site name: Forêt Classée de Cavally et Goin - Débé
Central coordinates: Latitude: 6.3461, Longitude: -7.8019
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 200 to 464
Area of KBA (km2): 1979.24965
Protected area coverage (%): 85.57
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: The site is located north-west of Taï National Park (IBA CI011) in south-western Côte d’Ivoire. The south-eastern border is formed by the Cavally river, which marks the frontier with Liberia. The site comprises lowland evergreen forest, punctuated in places by inselbergs.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas) KBA identified in the CEPF Ecosystem Profile of the Guinea Forests of West Africa Hotspot (2015). Taxonomy, nomenclature and threat status follow the 2013 IUCN Red List.
Additional biodiversity: See Box and Tables 2 and 3 for key species. No avifaunal survey of these forests has been published. The site is the only one in the country known to hold Malimbus ballmanni. The presence of inselbergs suggest that Picathartes may be expected as, given the quality of much of the habitat, may a full forest avifauna. The site will almost certainly qualify for the Guinea–Congo Forests biome once better known. Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.
Habitats
Land use: agriculture | forestry | nature conservation and research | water management
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 10 | |
| Forest | 83 | |
| Artificial - Terrestrial | 5 |
Threats
Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA: These forests have, until recently, remained largely intact due to their remoteness—the lack of roads—but the situation is now changing with the increase in human population pressures in the region, such that there has been some significant encroachment in western part of Goin Forest Reserve.
Additional information
References: Gatter and Gardner (1993).