Conservation of wooded hills, habitat of chimpanzees in Bossou, Guinea, West Africa
Located in the Lola Prefecture, the forest hills of Bossou (320 ha) are part of the Nimba Mountains Nature Reserve, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The vegetation covers at the foot of these hills is connected to small adjacent forests that are home to a community of chimpanzees, a critically endangered species. Bossou and the surrounding villages are a rare example of a site where chimpanzees and the