Edumanom Forest Reserve

Dajin Edumanom wani yanki ne a yankin Neja Delta  a Kudu maso Gabashin Najeriya wanda ya kasance gida ga wasu chimpanzees na karshe a Najeriya.  Ya ƙunshi wani ɓangare na tsohuwar Masarautar Nembe, wacce a yanzu ta rabu zuwa ƙananun hukumomin Nembe da Brass,  a cikin jihar Bayelsa. 

Dajin Edumanom  dajin ruwan fadama ne mai fadin kadada 9,324.  Masana'antar man fetur da kuma ayyukan sare itatuwa sun lalata muhallin.  Ko da yake akwai ƙananan hanyoyi a yankin, mafarauta na iya shiga dajin ta rafuka da kuma kan bututun mai.  Dajin kuma yana fuskantar barazana sakamakon fadada gonakin Oil farm.  Titin gwamnatin tarayya daga Ogbia zuwa Nembe zai gudana tsakanin faci biyu na chimpanzees,  a cikin dajin Edumanom. 

A cikin shekara ta 1995, rahotannin mafarauta sun nuna cewa akwai ƙananun ƙungiyoyin chimpanzee 5-10 a yankin gabaɗaya, mai yiwuwa ba tare da mutane sama da 50 ba. Tsofaffin mafarauta sun kasance suna guje wa chimpanzees,  amma ƙananun mafarauta sun yi alfahari da kashe su. Matasan chimps da aka kama sakamakon farauta yawanci ana sayar da su azaman dabbobi ko gidajen namun daji.  Wani rahoto na watan Yuni na shekarar 2008 ya nuna cewa ajiyar ita ce wuri na ƙarshe da aka sani da chimpanzees a yankin Neja Delta. 

Rikicin ya kuma tanadi mafakar Sclater's guenon da sauran nau'in Red List na IUCN na zaitun colobus da Niger Delta red colobus.  An dauki biri na Sclater yana da rauni amma ba a cikin hatsari a cikin shekara ta 2008.  Ana farautar ta a ko'ina cikin yankin, sai dai a wurare kaɗan da ke da tsarki kuma ana iya rayuwa. Wani rahoto na shekarar 2005 ya ba da shawarar cewa a kiyaye shi a cikin Edumanom da sauran rijiyoyin da ke cikin Najeriya.  A da akwai mangabeys masu jajayen hula a cikin dajin, amma a yanzu ana tunanin an kawar da wadannan.  Tun daga lokacin da aka samar da Edumanom a matsayin gandun daji amma ana amfani da shi kuma ana sarrafa shi azaman ƙasar gandun daji na al'umma. Wurin yana da kusan 87km2. Yankin ya mamaye yankin karamar hukumar Ogbia da Nembe a jihar Bayelsa  kuma ya hada da dazuzzukan da al’ummar Emago-Kugbo ke amfani da su a jihar Ribas. 

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