AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoBiodiversity on São Tomé: A new feature spotlights how the island’s isolation created wildlife found nowhere else, but also left it highly vulnerable—highlighting the Dwarf Ibis (fewer than 2,000 believed to remain), the São Tomé Grosbeak (possibly under 250 mature birds), and Newton’s Fiscal (also thought to be under 250). It points to ongoing forest loss from farming and timber extraction, plus hunting, disturbance, and invasive mammals, stressing that conservationists need better mapping of where birds are and what threats are driving declines. Gulf of Guinea cooperation (fisheries & weather): In Bayelsa, Nigeria, Governor Douye Diri handed two São Toméan fishermen—Pedro Mateus and Isnaic Dafonseca—over to the São Tomé embassy after they drifted into Nigerian waters and were rescued near Agge (Ekeremor LGA) following about eight days at sea. Diri linked repeated incidents to Gulf of Guinea weather and geography, using the handover to call for closer cross-border cooperation around shared maritime resources.
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