Canjambari

Canjambari is a proposed faunal reserve in northern Guinea-Bissau, listed under the Oio Region.^[1] The World Database on Protected Areas maps it east of the town of Farim.^[2] The 2018 United Nations List of Protected Areas, compiled from the July 2018 World Database on Protected Areas, records it with Proposed status and an area of 142.00 km2.^[3] It is one of two faunal reserves, with Pelundo, in the protected-area institute's long-term plan to expand the terrestrial system.^[4]

The Guinean forest-savanna mosaic ecoregion supports mammals such as leopard, hippopotamus and red-flanked duiker, and birds such as turacos and hornbills.^[5]

Inland Guinea-Bissau lies within the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic, where grassland with scattered fire-adapted trees alternates with forested zones.^[5]

The Oio Region runs from coastal mangrove swamps in the west to savannah woodland inland.^[6]

The Oio Region has a tropical climate with a dry period from December to May and a rainy season from May to November.^[6]

Farim is the capital of the Oio Region, which has five sectors (Bissora, Farim, Mansaba, Mansoa and Nhacra) and recorded 215,259 residents in 2009.^[6]

Canjambari appears in the 2018 United Nations List with Proposed status and no year of designation.^[3] IBAP, the national institute for biodiversity and protected areas created in 2004, does not name Canjambari among the eight protected areas on its institutional presentation page.^[7] A 2018 terminal evaluation of a UNDP-GEF project names Canjambari and Pelundo as the two faunal reserves in IBAP's long-term plan. The plan was to expand the terrestrial protected-area estate in phases, tied to growth in management capacity and funding, with the first phase limited to the Dulombi-Boe-Tchetche complex.^[4]

Farim, the Oio Region capital, is the main administrative centre of the surrounding area.^[6]

The 2018 UNDP-GEF terminal evaluation notes that most of the areas proposed for protection are inhabited by long-standing communities with traditional land uses, so the new categories and internal zoning were expected to lean toward sustainable use rather than strict conservation.^[4]