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2000
!( Chimpanzee Sightings Outside Gombe (2000-06) Mitumba Range 2000-01
Kasekela Range 2000-01
Kalande Range 1997
Gombe National Park (2020)
Villages (2020 boundaries)
Dense Forests & Evergreen Vegetation Open Woodlands and Dry Forests
Non forest
Kagunga
Zashe !(
Kiziba
Bugamba
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!(!( !(!(!(Mwamgongo
Kilemba
Kasange
Nyarubanda
Kalinzi
Mkongoro
Mkigo
Lake Tanganyika
Gombe National Park
Data Sources: JGI, TANAPA, Pusey et al. 2007
Chimp sightings: Ndimuligo, Greengrass, Kamenya, Mjungu
Forest Cover:
Landsat MSS & ETM+ Pintea (2007)
Mapping:
Lilian Pintea / JGI
Chankele
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Mtanga
Kizenga
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Bubango
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Mgaraganza
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Matyazo Mkabogo
Kagongo Kigalye
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Bitale
0 1.75 0 1.25
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Nyabigufa
Milinzi
Chankabwimba Kabanga
3.5 2.5
7 Kilometers 5 Miles
Nyamhoza Mkwanga
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!(!(!( Kwitanga Prison
Forest
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Kwitanga Prison Forest
The same area as shown on page 16, in 2000. Forest cover has decreased dramatically outside of Gombe National Park, while increasing within. Chimpanzee ranges are now limited to areas within Gombe and a nearby forest preserve.
