Lower Guinean Forests - Ecoregions

Ecoregions

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) divides the Lower Guinean forests into a number of distinct ecoregions:

• Nigerian lowland forests (Togo, Nigeria)
• Niger Delta swamp forests (Nigeria)
• Cross-Niger transition forests (Nigeria)
• Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea)
• Cameroonian Highlands forests (Nigeria, Cameroon)
• Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea)
• São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobón moist lowland forests (Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Cabinda (Angola) and Democratic Republic of the Congo)

The WWF has designated two regions of the Lower Guinean forests as Global 200 priority regions for conservation. The WWF's Coastal Congolian forests region includes the Cross-Sanaga Bioko coastal forests, São Tomé and Príncipe moist lowland forests, and Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests ecoregions. The Cameroon Highlands forests Global 200 region includes the Cameroonian Highlands forests and the Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests ecoregions.