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Bakossi National Park, the Glossary

Index Bakossi National Park

The Bakossi National Park (BNP) is a protected area within the Bakossi Forest Reserve, created by a decree in early 2008.[1]

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  1. 25 relations: African forest elephant, Bakossi Forest Reserve, Bakossi Mountains, Bakossi people, Bamileke people, Blackstone Inc., Cameroon line, Cartography, Chimpanzee, Drill (animal), Ephraïm Inoni, Illegal logging, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Kew Gardens, Kupea martinetugei, Mbo people (Cameroon), Mount Cameroon, Mount Kupe, Photosynthesis, Preuss's red colobus, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, San Diego Zoo, Saprotrophic nutrition, Western High Plateau, World Wide Fund for Nature.

  2. 2008 establishments in Cameroon
  3. National parks of Cameroon
  4. Palm oil production in Cameroon

African forest elephant

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of the two living species of African elephant.

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Bakossi Forest Reserve

The Bakossi Forest Reserve is a reserve within the Bakossi Mountains in Cameroon, home to many rare species of plants, animals and birds.

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Bakossi Mountains

The Bakossi Mountains are a mountain range that forms part of the Cameroon line of active and extinct volcanoes in western Cameroon, covering about.

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Bakossi people

The Bakossi people are a Bantu ethnic group that live on the western and eastern slopes of Mount Mwanenguba and Mount Kupe in the Bakossi Mountains of Cameroon.

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Bamileke people

The Bamiléké are a group of 90 closely related peoples who inhabit the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.

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Blackstone Inc.

Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City.

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Cameroon line

The Cameroon line (Linha dos Camarões) is a long chain of volcanoes that includes islands in the Gulf of Guinea and mountains on the African mainland, from Mount Cameroon on the coast towards Lake Chad on the northeast.

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Cartography

Cartography (from χάρτης chartēs, 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and γράφειν graphein, 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps.

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Chimpanzee

The chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), also simply known as the chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forests and savannahs of tropical Africa.

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Drill (animal)

The drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) is a primate of the family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), related to baboons and even more closely to mandrills.

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Ephraïm Inoni

Ephraïm Inoni (born 16 August 1947).

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Illegal logging

Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Kew Gardens

Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world".

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Kupea martinetugei

Kupea martinetugei is a species of plant in the Triuridaceae family.

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Mbo people (Cameroon)

The Mbo people are a Bantu group of the Mbo plain, Littoral Region, Mungo Division, Nkongsamba and Melong subdivisions and in the West Region, Menoua Division, Santchou Subdivision and Upper Nkam Division, Kekem Subdivision of Cameroon.

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Mount Cameroon

Mount Cameroon is an active volcano in the South West region of Cameroon next to the city of Buea near the Gulf of Guinea. Bakossi National Park and Mount Cameroon are National parks of Cameroon.

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Mount Kupe

Mount Kupe or Mont Koupé is a plutonic mountain in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon, part of the Cameroon line of volcanoes.

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Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is a system of biological processes by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy necessary to fuel their metabolism.

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Preuss's red colobus

Preuss's red colobus (Piliocolobus preussi) is a red colobus primate species endemic to the Cross-Sanaga Rivers ecoregion.

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Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was established in 2004 with the objective of promoting the growth and use of sustainable palm oil products through global standards and multistakeholder governance.

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San Diego Zoo

The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in San Diego, California, housing over 12,000 animals of more than 680 species and subspecies on of Balboa Park.

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Saprotrophic nutrition

Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter.

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Western High Plateau

The Western High Plateau, Western Highlands or Bamenda Grassfields is a region of Cameroon characterised by high relief, cool temperatures, heavy rainfall and savanna vegetation.

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World Wide Fund for Nature

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.

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See also

2008 establishments in Cameroon

National parks of Cameroon

Palm oil production in Cameroon

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakossi_National_Park