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. 2011 Jun 22;6(6):e20619. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020619

Table 4. Proposed corridors.

Label Corridors type and name Comments
Current corridors
1 Po-Nazinga Elephants use this corridor regularly. This corridor was officially opened in 2006.
2 Po-Red Volta Opened in 2006. Elephants use it regularly. These last years they seems not to cross the Ghanaian border.
3 Nazinga Mole Elephant use to roam between Nazinga and Mole during the 1980′s. The corridor was opened in 2008.
First priority corridor
A Comoé Complex This corridor was used recently during the Côte d'Ivoire civil war. 130 elephants migrate from Côte d'ivoire to Burkina Faso.
B Nazinga-Boucle du Mouhoun Used sometimes by elephants during the rainy season. Community took the initiative to build the corridor. Today they manage an area slightly larger than 1000 km2 and cover about the half of the distance.
C Bontioli-Koulbi The feasibility and negotiation of this corridor is managed by the Progeref project and should be extended into Ghana.
D Comoé-Mole There is currently no connection between the two parks. A corridor should be opened between Mole NP and Comoé NP through Koulbi Forest Reserve in Burkina Faso.
E PONASI-WAPOK Elephants used to roam this area up to early 2000′s. Elephants seems have disappeared from this area today. Currently no contact between the two larger West African elephant's populations seems to exist any more. High human population density occurs between the two complexes. The corridor should enlarge the current Red Volta complex that is too narrow. The corridor should merge the northern Ghana and Togo. The corridor feasibility should be evaluated.
F Mali-Burkina Range (Gourma) The last Sahelian elephant's range must be secured despite the traditional respect of the local people. This remain one of the most vulnerable population of West Africa [3]. It suffers from the direct and indirect consequences of the drought that started in the early 1970s and from lack of field management. The competition for water has reached an intolerable level both for people and elephants. A policy and management plan is needed to segregate elephant movements from human activities and to guarantee water for elephants [24], [48].
G Waza-Kalamaloué Elephant use to roam between the two areas but need better protection. The area between the two protected areas is also very human populated.
H Faro-Benoué-Bouba Njida Hunting areas, surrounding national parks, mainly covers this area. Therefore the corridor could be It maybe harbors the larger savannah's elephant population of Cameroon.
Second priority corridor
I Comoé-Nabéré This is currently used as an occasional corridor by elephants
J Comoé-Boucle du Mouhoun This is currently used as an occasional corridor by elephants coming from Mali and Burkina

Current corridors: official corridors agreed both by authorities and communities. First priority corridors: top priorities for conservation at the national or regional scale linking the main elephant populations. Second priority corridors: secondary priorities for conservation at the national or regional scale linking small elephant populations.