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WEST AFRICAN POWER POOL (WAPP) PÖYRY ENERGY LTD.<br />

Mount Coffee HPP ESIA and RAP 2012-09-18<br />

ESIA Report Page 61<br />

Scientific names Zone of endemism or<br />

distribution<br />

Cryptosephalum tetraphyllum Sierra Leone, Liberia,<br />

SW. Ivory Coast<br />

Monopetalanthus compactus Sierra Leone, Liberia,<br />

SW. Ivory Coast<br />

Stachyothyrsus stapfiana Sierra Leone, Liberia,<br />

Ivory Coast<br />

African specific<br />

conservation status<br />

Reference IUCN<br />

status<br />

A. G. Voorhoeve (1965)<br />

A. G. Voorhoeve (1965) VU<br />

A. G. Voorhoeve (1965)<br />

Tetraberlinia tubmaniana Liberia A. G. Voorhoeve (1965) VU<br />

Newtonia aubrevillei Sierra Leone, Liberia,<br />

SW. Ivory Coast<br />

Cassipourea hiotou Liberia, SW. Ivory Coast,<br />

Ghana<br />

A. G. Voorhoeve (1965)<br />

A. G. Voorhoeve (1965) VU<br />

Guibourtia ehie Widespread www.iucnredlist.org VU<br />

Nesogordonia papaverifera Widespread www.iucnredlist.org VU<br />

Gilbertiodendron splendidum Upper Guinea www.iucnredlist.org VU<br />

Pellegriniodendron diphyllum Upper and Lower Guinea www.iucnredlist.org NT<br />

Anopyxis klaineana Upper and Lower Guinea www.iucnredlist.org VU<br />

Berlinia occidentalis Upper Guinea www.iucnredlist.org VU<br />

Khaya anthotheca Widespread www.iucnredlist.org VU<br />

Pterocarpus santalinoides Widespread www.iucnredlist.org LC<br />

Only Pterocarpus santalinoides is a threatened species identified in the reservoir.<br />

Because of human activities, plants which grow in the reservoir are quickly destroyed.<br />

This plant is the most representative species in the reservoir. But it is also outside, along<br />

river borders. Therefore, the dam does not have any negative influence on any plant.<br />

But the population is able to completely destroy them. Many of these plants are<br />

widespread, some endemic both in Lower Guinea and Upper Guinea and in Upper<br />

Guinea. Cassipourea hiotou, Monopetalanthus compactus and Gilbertiodendron<br />

splendidum are endemic in three countries: Liberia, Sierra Leone and SW of Ivory<br />

Coast. Tetraberlinia tubmaniana is the only timber tree which is endemic in Liberia.<br />

Despite of the human pressure on this valuable resource and its habitat (lowland forest),<br />

it occurs at high densities in a number of forest reserves.<br />

Some threatened species in Liberia<br />

Guibourtia ehie is a West African timber which occurs in moderate densities. It grows<br />

in different forest types, from closed rainforest to drier semi-deciduous forest.<br />

Exploitation rates of wood are high and causing population declines.<br />

Lophira alata is tree of Lower and Upper Guinea which grows in wet evergreen forest,<br />

continues to experience large scale destruction. The slow growth rate, poor regeneration<br />

in less than optimum conditions and over exploitation as a timber species are<br />

contributing to the decline in population. Improved protection and management of<br />

existing forest reserves are done.<br />

Pelligriniodendron diphyllum has experienced significant decline in the forests in all<br />

countries because of mining, Logging and commercial forestry activities.

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