This report brings together a broad range of new and existing information on 2,358 plant and animal species of the Albertine Rift (AR) region of East and Central Africa. A collaborative project assessed the climate change vulnerability of all known Albertine Rift mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, as well as a range of plants, whilst simultaneously gathering detailed information on their use by humans.
This booklet describes some of the plants present in and around Lake Tanganyika that can affect its environment and biodiversity. There are many such plants and there will be more, but this small volume is a starting handbook to invasive plant recognition, understanding and management. It contains a selection of species that can are known to be invasive in other situations and some that have already begun to show that tendency in Lake Tanganyika and/or its catchment.
Le chimpanzé de Schweinfurth est classé En danger et est lobjet dune attention particulière au niveau global pour sa conservation. Cette publication offre un plan sur 10 ans qui, sil est appliqué de manière complète, permettra le maintien de populations viables du chimpanzé dans son aire de distribution existante. Les chimpanzés sont une excellente espèce phare pour la conservation.