Largest Forests in Africa - Top 8

Top 8 Largest Forests in Africa
Welcome to Displore and thanks for watching. In this Video, We shall be taking you round the continent of Africa, Showing you the Largest forests in Africa. From the sprawling, steaming rainforests to the sizzling, sepia-toned woodlands frontiers, the forest in Africa are some of the most game-rich forests in the world and home to almost half of the world’s species, with some of the richest biodiversity found in tropical forests. Without forests, the Earth would be uninhabitable. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, more than 1.6 billion people around the world depend on forests to some extent for their livelihood while some 60 million indigenous people are completely dependent on forests for all aspects of their survival. About 10 million people are employed in forest management and conservation around the world. In this age of climate change and pollution, forests have never been more important to the human existence. Forests provide water storage, dictate weather patterns and, critically act as the planet's lungs by absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere through photosynthesis. Basically the forest is a big player in this race of keeping humans alive.
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On average, forests account for 6 percent of gross domestic product in Africa, which is the highest in the world. Before we start, here are quick facts you should think about before you think of felling down a tree. About 22 percent of Africa is forest and woodland, and only a small percentage of this acreage is protected. Incredibly important from a human standpoint because of their timber and water resources, these tree-dominated ecological landscapes are also reservoirs of outstanding biological diversity. So here are the largest Forests in Africa.
8. The Newlands Forest, South Africa.
Newlands Forest is a conservancy area on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, beside the suburb of Newlands, Cape Town. Wildlife in the forest includes chaffinch, cape white-eye, grass bird, southern double-collared sunbird, African black swift, alpine swift, white-rumped swift, black saw-wing swallow, greater striped swallow, African olive pigeon, cape canary, monkeys, African wild dog and ground hornbill. It is owned and maintained by the Table Mountain National Parks Board, along with the City Parks Department of Cape Town, and includes a Fire Station, Nursery and Reservoir. The forest itself is a popular walking and jogging destination close and easily accessible from the city's southern suburbs. Due to its location on the mountain slopes, there are impressive views eastward over the Cape Flats. Newlands Forest lies at a natural transition zone between endangered Granite Fynbos and Peninsula Shale Fynbos, in an area that also originally supported large indigenous forests. In the late 1800s, much of the indigenous forests were felled, and the fynbos cleared, to make way for commercial pine plantations, which still remain and account for the remainder of the land.
7. Onyoye Forest, South Africa
Ongoye Forest is situated on a granite ridge, inland from the town of Mtunzini in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa covering an area of 4000 hectares. The vegetation in Ongoye Forest includes; Natal olinia, Natal palm-nut, Giant Umzimbeet, Forest Mangosteen, Forest Waterberry, Giant Pock Ironwood, Zulu Bead-string, Natal Krantz Ash, Natal White Stinkwood and the Pondo Fig. The wildlife in the forest includes; Woodward`s barbet, crowned eagle, yellow streaked bulbul, spotted thrush, Red Bush Squirrel, Dwarf Chamaeleons, Butterfly, and Ongoye Centipede and Bronze-napped Pigeon. The Zulu king Mpande is the first known person to have afforded protection to Ongoye Forest in the 1800s. Commercial logging occurred in the forest between 1909 and 1924 and the area became an official conservation area in 1992. This forest is an important breeding area for the eastern bronze-napped pigeon and home to the endangered spotted ground thrush. At least 165 species of birds have been identified in the area. Rare trees include giant umzimbeet, forest mangosteen, forest waterberry, giant pock ironwood, Zulu bead-string, Natal krantz ash, Natal elm and the Pondo fig. Besides the Pondo fig, another six species of Ficus occur.

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