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Protection of the West African Manatee


The West African Manatee, Trichechus senegalensis, listed as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, inhabits shallow coastal waters, wetland systems and rivers from Senegal to Angola. Some of the most threats to this species include incidental capture in nets, hunting for meat, skin, bones and oil, and moreover habitat loss as a result of the damming of rivers, cutting of mangroves for firewood, coastal development, and the destruction of wetlands for agricultural development.

The dataset show the geographic range of West African Manatee protected and not protected per country

https://api.biopama.org/api/species/function/api_trichechus_sen_protection
{"name":"Country", "show": true, "nameLocation": "middle", "nameGap": 80, "type":"category", "data":"isoa3_id"}
{"name":"Geographic range of West African Manatee protected", "nameLocation": "middle", "nameGap": 80, "type":"value", "data":"area_prot"}
{"name":"Geographic range of West African Manatee protected sqkm per country", "type":"bar", "bp_count":"Geographic range of West African Manatee protected sqkm per country", "data":"area_prot"}
{"name":"geographic range of West African Manatee sqkm per country", "type":"bar", "bp_count":"geographic range of West African Manatee sqkm per country", "data":"area"}
Descending
No
REST
4
Natural Breaks (Jenks)
diverging-2