Where is the largest tropical forest in Africa?
Forest hinge-back tortoise Forest hinge-back tortoise The forest hinge-back tortoise ("Kinixys erosa"), serrated hinge-back tortoise, or Schweigger's tortoise is a species of tortoise (family Testudinidae). Another species, "Psammobates oculifer", also goes by the same name of serrated tortoise. This species is indigenous to the tropical forests and marshes of central and west Africa. The hinge-back tortoise is indigenous to the tropical rainforests of Sub-Saharan Africa. Here it is often found in marshes and river banks, where it spends much of its time buried under roots and logs. Its natural range extends from northern Angola, throughout the Congo basin, as far east as the
Tropical Africa countries aim to promote the balanced utilization of the forest domain and of wildlife and fishery in order to increase the input of the forest sector to the economic, social, cultural and scientific development of the country. The tropical environment is rich in terms of bio-diversity. Tropical African forest is 18 per cent of the world total and covers over 3.6 million square kilometers of land in West, East and Central Africa. This total area can be subdivided to 2.69 million square kilometers (74%) in Central Africa, 680,000 square kilometers (19%) in West Africa, and 250,000 square kilometers (7%) in