Cameroon - Campo Ma'an National Park

Located near the Atlantic Ocean, the Campo Ma'an National Park (264,064 ha) is created by decree n ° 2000/004 / PM of January 06, 2000. It is on a large landscape dominated by two main types of reliefs: the northern part covered by mountains and some plateaus and the southern part covered with hills and small valleys. The overall altitude is less than 200m. The park belongs to the evergreen Guineo-Congolese rain forest, which keeps its green all year round. About fifteen plant associations are represented. We cite : 1. Biaferean Atlantic forests with Caesalpiniaceae 2. Biaferean Atlantic Caesalpiniaceae forests still abundant, with Calpocalyx heitzii and sacoglottis gabonensis 3. Atlantic littoral forests with Caesalpiniaceae relatively rare, with Calpocalyx heitzii and sacoglottis gabonensis 4. Mixed forests, always Atlantic green and semi-deciduous, with predominance elements of forests always green Atlantic 5. Sub-montane forests 6. Degraded forests 7. Swampy and periodically flooded forests