Pelundo

Pelundo is a proposed faunal reserve in Guinea-Bissau. 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 375.54 km2.^[1] It is one of two faunal reserves, with Canjambari, in the protected-area institute's long-term plan to expand the terrestrial system.^[2] The current World Database on Protected Areas no longer lists Pelundo.^[3]

FAO's AQUASTAT profile divides Guinea-Bissau into three climatic zones: a Sudanian north-east with 1,200 to 1,500 mm of rain a year, a maritime Guinean north-west with 1,500 to 1,877 mm, and a wetter humid tropical zone with 2,000 to 2,550 mm.^[4]

According to the 2018 UNDP-GEF terminal evaluation, most of the areas proposed for protection in Guinea-Bissau are inhabited by long-standing communities with traditional land uses.^[2]

Pelundo appears in the 2018 United Nations List with Proposed status and no year of designation.^[1] IBAP, the national institute for biodiversity and protected areas created in 2004, does not name Pelundo among the eight protected areas on its institutional presentation page.^[5] 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.^[2]

The 2018 UNDP-GEF terminal evaluation notes that most of the areas proposed for protection in Guinea-Bissau are inhabited by long-standing communities, so the new protected-area categories and internal zoning were expected to lean toward sustainable use rather than strict conservation.^[2]