Current view: Text account
Site description (2001 baseline):
Site location and context
The site lies immediately to the north of the Conakry peninsula. The site spans part of the Baie de Sangaréya and the mouths of the Rio Konkouré and the Rio Bouramaya and includes 28,000 ha of mangroves, mudflats and sandbanks, as well as a small area of rice-fields. Kabitaï (IBA GN011) is only a few kilometres to the north.
See Box for key species. The mangroves provide nesting sites for several species of waterbird including
Ardea goliath,
Casmerodius albus,
Scopus umbretta and
Ciconia episcopus.
Non-bird biodiversity: Among mammals, Trichechus senegalensis (VU) is known to occur in the mangroves and the dolphin Tursiops truncatus (DD) has been recorded in the bay.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The area was designated a Ramsar Site in 1992. Wood-cutting for use by the urban population of Conakry is a particular problem and much damage to the mangrove has been done. Mangrove is also cleared for subsistence rice cultivation. Pollution from the bauxite factory at Fria, upstream on the Konkouré river, has almost certainly had a negative impact, but the extent of the damage is unknown. Part of the site is included within the remit of an EC-funded project to promote sustainable management of mangrove resources.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Konkouré (Guinea). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/konkouré-iba-guinea on 23/11/2024.
