As part of the Congo Basin rain forest, the Northwestern Congolian Lowland Forests ecoregion is one of the richest areas in the world for primates, harboring possibly more gorillas and more chimpanzees than any other area. Not only is this ecoregion teeming with an abundance of mammals, from forest elephants to African buffalo, but it is also one of the richest regions in Africa for plants, butterflies, amphibians, reptiles, and birds. There are more than 6,000 vascular plants in Gabon alone. With large blocks of lowland forest still intact, this ecoregion represents one of the world’s last great remaining wildernesses.
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