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Note: Plant species are not to be considered as conservation targets in their own right, as it is better to manage forest habitats to conserve plant species rather than to manage them individually.
== The site and the local population ==
Human pressures and their impacts are the main threats to conservation targets. Indeed, the park is subject to various pressures such as:
* '''Fire'''<br>
The fires are periodic from June to October. Every year almost all the savanna (outside and inside the protected area) is burnt. Fortunately, the fires can not spread into the forest due to the bedrock, but mostly affect the borders.
* '''Illegal logging'''<br>
The riverside population harvests timber from the forest to meet their daily needs. Therefore they target the most frequently used species with a diameter between 3cm and 20cm. Very few woods with a diameter greater than 30 cm are cut. The cutting period is between June and November.