page_title: Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas
section_title: Flora and fauna
hierarchical_section_title: Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas / Flora and fauna
caption_attribution_description: English: A family of forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve wetlands, Central African Republic.
context_page_description: The Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas is a protected area in the extreme southwestern Central African Republic. The dense forest block, created in 1990, measures 4,589 km². It consists of the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve and the Dzanga Ndoki National Park which has two sectors, the 495 km Dzanga Park and the 725 km Ndoki Park. Since their gazetting, management of the park and the reserve has been under the Dzanga-Sangha project, a collaborative effort of the country's government, the GTZ/LUSO, a German technical agency, and the World Wildlife Fund. Financial and technical assistance have been provided by the German and United States governments, the World Bank, and several private organizations and donors.
context_section_description: Predominant vegetation consists of semi-deciduous, evergreen, flooded, swampy forests.  Monodominant forests also exist of Gilbetiodendron dewevrei.  The most important observed species include the Euphorbiaceae, Rubiaceae, Fabaceae, and Annonaceae. Others that are well represented include the Caeasalpiniaceae, Meliaceae, Sterculiaceae and Ebenaceae. Near villages can be found patches of savannah as well as forest exploitation roads.  The DSPAC forests around the Sangha River are differentiated in their composition and structure. They are characterised by the presence of monodominant patches of Gilbertiodendron dewevrei stands, with relatively low values for the mean number of trees per hectare when compared with other areas of the region. Conversely, field observations find that these forests display some of the highest concentrations of animal species per hectare as compared with other areas of the region.
  The varied ecosystems are a habitat source for very high concentrations of African Forest Elephant, gorilla, chimpanzee, bongo, and Cape Buffalo.
caption: Forest elephants
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