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The Albertine Rift alone is home to about 15 percent of mainland Africa‘s plant species, with at least 300 endemics.The grasslands of the Southern Rift are rich in orchids, with more than 500 species. Despite its wealth in natural resources, the region is characterized by intense and pervasive poverty. Piloting a Scalable Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) Model to Conserve Bugoma Forest EcosystemA workshop participant ponders over her community action plan to improve its resilience toward climate change. Eastern Afromontane Ecosystem Profile Summary, 2012 - Appendix 3 New funds for conservation in the Eastern Afromontane hotspot and the Great Lakes Region of East and Central Africa – now open! Like most websites we use cookies. Eastern Afromontane Ecosystem Profile Summary, 2012 - Appendix 1 There are many narrow endemic plant species, restricted to only one or two mountain ranges. We used molecular data to examine species diversity of the Sub-Saharan chameleon genus Trioceros. In the context of the Regional Great Lakes Stakeholders Forum, organised by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) on 21 and 22 February 2013 in Kigali, Rwanda, representatives of CEPF and the MacArthur Foundation announced their new calls for proposals.The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is looking for proposals that aim to mainstream biodiversity into wider development policies, plans and projects to deliver the co-benefits of biodiversity conservation, improved local livelihoods and economic development in the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot. The Afromontane regions of Africa are discontinuous, separated from each other by lower-lying areas, and are sometimes referred to as the Afromontane archipelago, as their distribution is analogous to a series of sky islands. Eastern Afromontane Ecosystem Profile Summary Brochure Although several of Africa‘s larger flagship mammals, including the elephant (The most charismatic flagship species of the hotspot are the great apes, including the Critically Endangered mountain gorilla (Nearly 350 reptile species are found in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot. Increasing Employment of Indigenous Women Rangers, 2017 (Courtesy Winston Churchill Trust) Given this and the extensive distance of the hotspot, which stretches over 44 degrees latitude, the Eastern Afromontane is home to a variety of ecosystems—bamboo forests, grasslands and high altitude wetlands among them. Out of the near endemic species recorded, Ethiopian cisticola occurred exclusively in the moist Afromontane forest, whereas other species were present in both habitat types. Ethiopian Montane Forests 3. This includes the Rwenzori three-horned chameleon (The hotspot is home to more than 323 amphibian species, more than 100 of which are endemic, with more species being discovered as surveys are conducted in unstudied forest patches.The geological turmoil that created the mountains of this hotspot has also yielded some of the world‘s most extraordinary lakes, such as Lake Tanganyika (the world‘s second deepest lake at 1,471 meters deep), Lake Albert, Lake Tana and Lake Malawi.Due to the presence of these large and isolated lakes, a vast amount of freshwater fish diversity can be found in the Eastern Afromontane region, with more than 890 described species of fish, nearly 620 of which are endemic.While most invertebrates of the Eastern Afromontane are not well studied, the butterfly fauna is relatively well known. The Eastern Afromontane Hotspot Mountains are located beside the eastern edge of Africa. We very much welcome this joint initiative.”Eligibility criteria and more information about both calls for proposals are available at (for CEPF): Kigali, Rwanda, 21 February 2013 – Two major donors for conservation action, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and the MacArthur Foundation, launched their new calls for proposals during a joint event … This review paper will explore and discuss the possible theories behind the high rate of endemism. Map: Conservation Outcomes Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests 2005