ANTELOPES AS ECOSYSTEM INDICATORS

Wildlife needs space beyond protected-area borders. To thrive, landscapes must maintain ecological connectivity between national parks and the surrounding, unprotected matrix.

Resilient antelope species such as bushbuck, roan antelope, and duikers often persist where more sensitive species disappear. They remain the last to shape vegetation, support predators, and sustain key ecological processes. They are keystone indicators of landscape-wide ecosystem health.

GOAL:

Updated status of resilient antelope species accross the range countries and assement of habitat connectivity.

ACTIVITIES:

• Review of status and knowledge gap identification
• Gathering missing knowledge from the field both inside and outside protected areas
• Update of species profiles (busbuck, roan, duikers)
• Update of country profiles (Senegal, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic)