FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR MULTIPLE USES AND VALUES INTHE LUBA CRATER, EQUATORIAL GUINEA

摘要

The Luba Crater Scientific Reserve covers 51 000 ha on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea's Bioko Sur Province. The main forms of vegetation are low- and medium-altitude closed rain forest (up to 700 m) marked by wide specific diversity, montane forest(between 700 and 2 000 m) marked by an abundance of lianas and epiphytes, high-altitude Araliaceae forest, Aricaceae forest and secondary formations. Being on an island, this reserve is a refuge for many species of terrestrial and aquatic wildlife. Thearea possesses a wide variety of primates, some of them endemic, and shelters one of the last remaining populations of drills. Green turtles can be observed in the beach areas. It also has striking landscapes, with waterfalls, black sand beaches, etc.