Fouta Djallon

Fou·ta Djal·lon

also Fu·ta Jal·lon (fo͞o′tə jə-lōn′, fo͞o′tä jä-lôN′)

A mountainous region of northwest Guinea. It is the source of the headwaters of the Gambia, Niger, and Senegal Rivers.

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It also used as reference the African Union's Monitoring and Management Indicators for the Fouta Djallon Highlands Natural Resources and Environment (ICO-AU 2011).

Household livelihoods and the uptake of improved forest management practices: a case study in Guinea

Non-wood Forest Benefits and Agroforestry Practices in the Fouta Djallon Highlands of Guinea.

The barrier to women involvement in agro forestry and role of oil palm in Nigeria

One time I arrived at the camp of chimp researcher Janis Carter whom I had helped to get into the Fouta Djallon Mountains with my contacts in Guinean military that ran the national parks and game department.

African traditional hunters and their weapons: I had to lay down my rifles and the Marabou hunters dropped to their knees, and sprinkled holy water that we poured from the calabash into a plastic bottle--around the rifles in a circle and then one stuck his finger in the front of the barrel to make the bullet go straight

Le pays doit son nom au fleuve qui le borde a l'est et au nord et qui prend sa source dans le Fouta Djallon en Guinee.

"La cooperation tous azimuts entre le Senegal et l'Egypte est solide"

The country is divided into four geographic regions: a narrow coastal belt (Lower Guinea); the pastoral Fouta Djallon highlands (Middle Guinea); the northern savannah (Upper Guinea); and a southeastern rainforest region (Forest Guinea).