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Names & Locations of Tropical Rainforests in Africa
Tropical rainforests grow between 23.5° North and 23.5° South of the equator, or between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer, where they typically receive up to 79 inches of rainfall a year and swelter in average temperatures in the low 80s. On the continent of Africa, they are found along the coastal countries of West Africa and in the Congo Basin. Tropical rainforests contain the greatest diversity of life on land. A four-mile patch of forest typically contains around 400 species of birds and protected species such as elephants, chimpanzees and gorillas. However, their existence is under enormous threat. Each year, an area of African rainforest the size of Switzerland is removed by logging companies. 

Practical Information
Visitors wishing to explore the African rainforest still need to have some of the resolve and hardiness of the early explorers. The hot, humid climate, prevalence of disease and hostile fauna, and political instability make this a trip free of creature comforts. The safest option is to join an organized tour in Yaoundé, Cameroon, for example, or Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Bear in mind that as of 2013, a U.S. State Department travel advisory is still in place against travel to the DRC, particularly Goma and North Kivu. All visitors need a visa before arrival, and should remember that malaria is rampant in the region

Guinea Forests
The Guinea Forest chain covers 35,000 square miles and stretches from Sierra Leone to Ghana, and from Benin to Cameroon. The first sub-region is referred to as the Upper Guinea forest; the second is called the Nigeria-Cameroon forest and reaches to the Sanaga River in Cameroon. The forest varies between moist coastal forest, freshwater swamp forest and inland semi-deciduous forest. Only Liberia lies entirely within the forest. Although the Guinea Forest nourishes almost 9,000 species of plants and 320 of the continent’s 1,100 species of mammals, almost 90 percent of West Africa’s rainforest has been wiped out, devastated by logging and clearing for oil palm and rubber plantations. Protected areas include Cote d’Ivoire’s Tai National Park, Liberia’s Sapo National Park, and Nigeria’s Cross River National Park.

Central Africa
Almost 80 percent of Africa’s rainforest is in the Congo Basin, the largest rainforest in the world after the Amazon. Of this forest, two-thirds is within the Democratic Republic of Congo, but it also covers Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. The forest is home to the Congo River, the fifth longest in the world at 2,900 miles. Although the Congo Basin has suffered the same threats as West Africa’s rainforest, efforts have been made to conserve what is left.

Protected Areas
The Central African Forest Commission has recognized 12 areas within the Congo Basin for conservation. Largest is the Tridom landscape of Dja-Odzala-Minkébé, which sits on a plateau at least a thousand feet above sea level and covers 54,000 square miles. In turn, this landscape includes seven national parks within Cameroon and Gabon. The Sangha Tri-National is a region of dense forest that shelters four national parks in three countries: Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Republic of Congo. Deep in Conrad’s "Heart of Darkness" country, the Maringa-Lopori-Wamba landscape clusters around the Maringa and Lopori rivers and contains four protected areas, seven community forests and six major logging concessions.

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