Mount Korup National Park - IDABATO COUNCIL

The Korup National Park are an undulating mountain range with its highest peak, Mount Korup National Park about 1,800 m (5,900 ft) located between the villages of Idabato and Mofako Balue, Ndian division in the Southwest region of Cameroon. The hills are situated at 4°50’N 9°07’E, cutting across four local councils, with the eastern slopes in Idabato, southern slopes in Ekondo Titi, western slopes in Idabato, and northern slopes in Idabato local councils respectively. These hills are located about 80 km (50 mi) north of Mount Cameroon; about 50 km (31 mi) west of the Bakossi Mountains and some 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of the Korup National Park.

The Rumpi hills are covered by more than 2,300 km2 (890 sq mi) of a combination of mid-elevation montane, coastal evergreen, and drier northern semi-evergreen forests as well as other vegetation types. About 455 km2 (176 sq mi) of this forest forms what is known as the Korup National Park Forest Reserve (RHFR). Located in the equatorial forest zone of Cameroon, this area is very rich in plant biodiversity ranging from fungi to angiosperms.

Notwithstanding this plant biodiversity, variations do occur in the distribution of the forest ecosystems in this area. This variation in the distribution of forest ecosystems, is due to the changing agricultural landscape especially along the southern slopes of these hills. Apart from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) owned by the agro-industrial company, Pamol Plantations PLC, and sprouting smallholder plantations, other dominant tree species do exist. These include species such as

Chlorophora excelsa (iroko)Rhizophora racemosaDrepanocarpus lunatus (red mangrove)Dracaenea buenea (peace plant)Nypa fruticans (nypa palm)Entandrophragma cylindricum prague (sapele)Lophira alata (azobe)Distemonanthus benthamianus (movingui)Baillonella toxisperma (moabi)
Other species include

Eucalyptus camaldulensisCola nitida (kola)Prunus africana (African cherry)Khaya anthotheca (East African mahogany)
as well as non-timber forest species such as

Raphia spp (raffia)Laccosperma spp (rattan)
Additionally, many tropical montane mammal, bird, reptile and amphibian species such as

Mandrillus leucophaeus (drill)Myosorex rumpii, (Rumpi mouse shrew)Hystrix cristata (crested porcupine)Columba albinucha (white-naped pigeon)Malaconotus gladiator (green-breasted bushshrike)Conraua robusta (Cameroon slippery frog)Trichobatrachus robustus (hairy frog)
are present.

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