Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests

The Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in central Africa. It occupies the upper slopes of coastal Mount Cameroon in Cameroon, and the mountains of nearby Bioko island in Equatorial Guinea.

Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests
Satellite imagery of the Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests. Mount Cameroon is the peak in the center of the picture; Bioko is visible in the lower left.
Location map of the Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests
Ecology
RealmAfrotropical
Biometropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
BordersCross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests
Geography
Area1,141 km2 (441 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered
Global 200yes
Protected736 km² (64%)
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