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= Summary =

<div style='float: right'>{{#display_map: height=190px | width=300px | scrollzoom=off | zoom=5 | layers=OpenStreetMap,OpenTopoMap|7.10367,5.79839~[[Ifon Forest Reserve]]~''Pan troglodytes ellioti''}}</div>
* Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees (''Pan troglodytes ellioti'') are present in Ifon Forest Reserve.
* The population size is unknown.
* The chimpanzee population trend is unknown.
* The site has a total size of 282 km².
* Key threats to chimpanzees are logging and hunting.
* Conservation activities are not documented.

= Site characteristics =

Ifon is found in the state of Ondo, Nigeria. The vegetation of Ifon is composed mainly of savanna-woodland but riverine forest and high forest also occur here. Four rivers run through it, the Osse, the Omo, the Owesse and the Okowa Rivers ([[#R00766|Greengrass 2006]]).

'''Table 1. Basic site information for Ifon Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Site_characteristics-table"
|Species
|''Pan troglodytes ellioti''
|-
|Area
|282 km²
|-
|Coordinates
|Lat: 7.10367 , Lon: 5.79839
|-
|Type of site
|Protected area (Forest Reserve)
|-
|Habitat types
|Agricultural land, Savanna, Subtropical/tropical heavily degraded former forest, Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest
|-
|Type of governance
|
|}

[[Types of sites]] [[Governance types]] [[Habitat types]]
= Ape status =

Chimpanzees may still be present in the site. During a 2005 visit to the site, a hunter reported the presence of chimpanzees ([[#R00766|Greengrass 2006]]). In 2006, feeding remains were found in the reserve ([[#R00766|Greengrass 2006]]). An up to date survey is needed to confirm chimpanzee occurrence.

'''Table 2. Ape population estimates reported for Ifon Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Ape_status-table"
!Species
!Year
!Occurrence
!Encounter or vistation rate (nests/km; ind/day)
!Density estimate [ind./ km²] (95% CI)
!Abundance estimate (95% CI)
!Survey area
!Sampling method
!Analytical framework
!Source
!Comments
!A.P.E.S. database ID
|-
|''Pan troglodytes ellioti''
|
|Present
|
|
|
|Ifon
|Reconnaissance walk
|
|[[#R00766|Greengrass 2006]]
|Feeding remains found.
|
|}

[[Sampling methods]] [[Analytical frameworks]]
= Threats =

The site is under high pressure from hunting, logging and encroachment/land clearing for farmland around its boundary ([[#R00766|Greengrass 2006]]).

'''Table 3. Threats to apes reported for Ifon Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Threats-table"
!Category
!Specific threats
!Threat level
!Description
!Year of threat
|-
|2 Agriculture & aquaculture
|2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
|High (more than 70% of population affected)
|Conversion of forest for farmland ([[#R00766|Greengrass 2006]]).
|Ongoing (2006)
|-
|5 Biological resource use
|5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
|High (more than 70% of population affected)
|Illegal huntings ([[#R00766|Greengrass 2006]]).
|Ongoing (2006)
|-
|5 Biological resource use
|5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
|High (more than 70% of population affected)
|High logging pressure documented during a 2006 survey. Areas of high and riverine forest are subject to illegal logging ([[#R00766|Greengrass 2006]]).
|Ongoing (2006)
|}

[[Threats]]
= Conservation activities =

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= Challenges =

'''Table 5. Challenges reported for Ifon Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Challenges-table"
!Challenges
!Specific challenges
!Source
!Year(s)
|-
|2 Resources and capacity
|2.3 General lack of funding
|[[#R00766|Greengrass 2006]]
|
|-
|4 Institutional support
|4.1 Lack of law enforcement
|[[#R00766|Greengrass 2006]]
|
|}

[[Challenges]]
= Enablers =

'''Table 6. Enablers reported for Ifon Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="enabler-table"
!Enablers
!Specific enablers
!Source
!Year(s)
|-
|1 Site management
|
|
|
|-
|2 Resources and capacity
|
|
|
|-
|3 Engaged community
|
|
|
|-
|4 Institutional support
|
|
|
|-
|5 Ecological context
|
|
|
|-
|6 Safety and stability
|
|
|
|}

[[Enablers]]
= Research activities =

= Documented behaviours =

'''Table 7. Behaviours documented for Ifon Forest Reserve'''
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="behaviours-table"
!Category
!Behavior
!Observation type
!Prevalence
!Observation dates
!Source
!Habituation
!Species
!Comment
|-
|
|Not reported
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}

[[Behaviours]]
= Exposure to climate change impacts =

= External links =

= References =

<span id="R00766"></span>Greengrass, E.J. (2006). A survey of chimpanzees in south-west Nigeria. Report to the NCF-WCS Biodiversity Research Programme. [http://cameroun-foret.com/system/files/18_13_132.pdf link]

'''Page created by: '''APES Atlas Team''' Date:''' 2023-03-03

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