Guineaan Rainforests Research Paper

As the human population expands the damage from all of the bad habits have taken multiple of hundreds of habitats around the globe. A global hotspot (define. In Africa the Guinean Forests found in West Africa are shrinking dramatically every year, the decrease in the forests’ size endangers the lives of many species. Considered to be on of the most diverse places on Earth, the Guinean Forests are unlike the Sahara Desert biome north of it. The environment is of a tropical rainforest with hot and humid air year around, this environment receives on average over 80 inches of rain a year (Khaligian, 2012). This African hotspot is home to thousands of plants and animals. The forests are estimated to hold 30% of Africa’s mammal species, and 60 …show more content…
An organism that is endemic can only be found in that habitat on the planet. An endemic plant of the Guinean Forests is the Elaeis guineensis, also known as the oil palm. These endemic trees are native to the Guinean Forest, but are very vulnerable to deforestation along with the Entandrophragma and Khaya which are African mahoganies (McGinley, 2008). The tropical biome is the habitat of lush plants and trees that made homes for many endemic animals such as primates. The forests hold about 19 endemic primates such as the Diana monkey (McGinley, 2008). These primates found in the dense trees are able to use the multiple layers of trees and plants to build homes and scavenge for …show more content…
The socio economic of West Africa has impacted the tropical biome. There is always a need for jobs and money, and the demand for trees and exotic animals is high. These high demands have left the forest with only 15% of its land left and multiple endangered species. As the products of these demands become more rare, they become more valuable and wanted until there is nothing left. Forestry scientist have predicted if the Guinean Forest is torn down to nothing it will take over 500 years to recover (Chiras, 2016). The about of different species in the rain forest is diminishing rapidly due to human activities such as deforestation and illegal capture of the animals. The trees that are being sawed down are used for logging and the land that is now cleared of life is used for farming, but the new farmland is no good. Contrasting the rich green life of the forest, the soil is lacking in nutrients and can only be used for five to six years before needing to move to different soil (Chiras. 2016). This hot and humid hotspot is falling apart, animal diversity is going down, trees are being cut for wood and farmland, action needs to be