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	Equatorial Guinea. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Bioko is made up of three extinct volcanoes, the loftiest of which is c.9,870 ft (3,010 m) high.
		The population of Bioko is primarily made of the Bubi (the oldest of the modern-day inhabitants), descendants of slaves from W Africa liberated by the British in the 19th cent., and Nigerians and Fangs who migrated there in the 20th cent.
		Bioko was claimed by (and until 1972 named after) Fernão do Po, a Portuguese navigator, in 1472, and Annobón was also claimed.
	www.bartleby.com /65/eq/EquatrGu.html (1348 words)

	THE EXPLOITATION OF PRUNUS AFRICANA ON THE ISLAND OF BIOKO, EQUATORIAL GUINEA
		Bioko island itself is dominated by three volcanic peaks, Pico de Basilé (3,010m) in the north, and Pico Biao (2,010m) and Gran Caldera de Luba (2,261m) in the south.
		The flora of Bioko is remarkable similar to that of the mainland, notably that of Mount Cameroon (Exell, 1952).
		The colonial economy of Equatorial Guinea was dominated by the cultivation of cocoa (on Bioko) and timber exploitation (Rio Muni), and in the post-war era, it was one of the richest countries in Africa.
	www.ggcg.st /bioko/bioko_prunus.htm (5392 words)

	afrol News - Your Portal to Africa!
		On Bioko, soils are somewhat richer due to the volcanic nature of the island, but too heavy rains on most of the island and a hilly topography restrain agriculture to few zones.
		The Bubi people of Bioko were the first to get in contact with Europeans (Portuguese) at the end of the 15th century, while the Fang on Río Muni in general succeeded to avoid this contact until the 20th century.
		To hinder the exodus from Bioko, the president ordered all boats and ship, not regarding their size, to be destroyed (although this led to the total closure of the lucrative fishing industry).
	www.afrol.com /html/Countries/Equatorial_Guinea/eqg_history.htm (3442 words)

	Bioko - Wikipedia
		Bioko hat eine Ausdehnung von 2017 km² und mehr als 100.000 Einwohner.
		Bioko liegt bei 4° nördlicher Breite und 8° östlicher Länge etwa 40 km vor der Küste von Kamerun.
		Bioko ist vulkanischen Ursprungs, im Pico de Santa Isabel erreicht sie eine Höhe von 3.050 m.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bioko (193 words)

	Study Abroad in Bioko, Africa with Arcadia University
		Bioko Island is an ideal setting for students interested in becoming actively involved in field biology and conservation with ecosystems ranging from fl sand beaches, mangrove and lowland rain forest to alpine shrub lands at more than 10,000 feet above sea level.
		Bioko Island is considered to be a primate biodiversity hot spot, and it possesses one of the best turtle nesting beaches in Africa.
		Bioko Island is home to fewer than 100,000 people, and almost all are concentrated in the capital city of Malabo.
	www.arcadiaabroad.com /africafieldstudies/bioko_africa.html (634 words)

	Bioko Island conservation
		Bioko Island, the largest of the Gulf of Guinea Islands, has a surprising variety of native monkeys: four species of guenons ("cercopithecine monkeys"), two species of colobus, and the drill, a large baboon-like monkey that is now considered to be the most endangered primate in all of Africa.
		In the last fifteen years, Bioko Island, like much of the rest of West and Central Africa, has developed an unsustainable commercial bushmeat trade, where forest animals are hunted to be sold as a delicacy in city markets.
		Already forest buffalo, swamp otters, and palm civets are known to have been hunted to extinction on the island, and at the present rates of hunting, several of the monkey species, especially the highly endangered drill, will vanish from the island in the next five to ten years.
	www.scienceinafrica.co.za /bioko.htm (781 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests (AT0107)
		The Cross-Sanaga-Bioko Coastal Forests ecoregion comprises the lowland and coastal forests of southeastern Nigeria, southwestern Cameroon, and the lowlands of the island of Bioko.
		Mt. Cameroon and Bioko are volcanoes, and in consequence adjacent parts of the ecoregion have soils, rocks and fl sand beaches derived from pyroclastic lava and ash.
		The Bioko lowland forest shares close biological affinities with the adjacent mainland forests because it was connected to the mainland during lower sea levels towards the end of the last Ice Age, and thus is included in this ecoregion.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at0107_full.html (2421 words)

	Provincia Bioko Sur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bioko Biodiversity Protection Bioko Primate Protection Program guide to programs designed to protect the island wildlife.
		Bioko A site created and maintained by the Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program, a non-profit conservation organization protecting the wildlife of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, West Africa.
		Bubis Sitio dedicado a este pueblo originario de la isla de Bioko.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Provincia_Bioko_Sur.html (179 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Bioko
		Bioko (also known as Fernando Póo or Fernando Po), island in the Bight of Bonny, Gulf of Guinea, western Africa, about 160 km (99 mi) north-west of...
		Malabo (formerly Santa Isabel), town in Equatorial Guinea, the country's capital and largest community, a port on the Gulf of Guinea.
		Equatorial Guinea’s principal export is cacao, which is grown almost entirely on Bioko.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Bioko.html (88 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests (AT0121)
		The Mount Cameroon and Bioko Montane Forests ecoregion is located in a volcanic chain that extends northeast along the border between Cameroon and Nigeria, and southwest towards the Guinea islands of São Tomé, Príncipe and Annobon.
		The Mount Cameroon and Bioko Montane Forests ecoregion is considered distinct from the Cameroonian Highlands because of the younger age and activity of Mount Cameroon, reflected in the distributions (or absence) of many restricted-range taxa.
		Bioko was connected to the mainland during lower sea levels towards the end of the last Ice Age.
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at0121_full.html (2206 words)

	Encyclopedia: Bioko (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bioko (spelled also Bioco) is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, formerly called Fernando PÃ³ or Fernando PÃ³o.
		Presently still a distinct ethnic group on the island, these indigenous people, the Bubi, speak a Bantu language; the island was likely inhabited by this or other Bantu-speaking groups since before the 7th century BCE.
		Malabo is the capital city of Equatorial Guinea, located on the northern coast of Bioko Island (formerly Fernando Poo).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bioko (812 words)

	Rejoinder of The Federal Republic of Nigeria - January 2001 - Part IV chapter 13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It should be stressed that Nigeria provisionally accepts the maritime jurisdiction of Equatorial Guinea to the south and east of the maritime boundary drawn by the Treaty of 2000 (and subject to the ratification of that Treaty).
		In this Sector the northern and eastern coastal frontages of Bioko (totalling together approximately 50 n.m.) are opposed to the south-west facing coastal frontages of Cameroon (totalling together approximately 90 n.m.).
		The gap between Bioko and Príncipe is approximately 115 n.m., and the two States claim the totality of the maritime zones between them.
	www.icj-cij.org /icjwww/idocket/icn/icnpleadings/icn_rejoinder/icn_ipleadings_nigeria_rejoinder_20010101_Ch13.htm (6761 words)

	Equatorial Wales - Country Background
		The island of Bioko is mountainous and thickly wooded, with a steep, rocky coast.
		The capital, largest city, and principal port of Equatorial Guinea is Malabo, formerly Santa Isabel (population, 1989 estimate, 38,000), on the northern coast of Bioko; Bata (1983, 24,100) is the largest town on the mainland.
		Extreme dictatorial and repressive policies in both Bioko and the mainland led to the flight of an estimated 100,000 refugees to neighboring countries; at least 50,000 of those who remained were killed, and another 40,000 were sent into forced labor.
	members.fortunecity.com /equatorialwales/background.htm (1061 words)

	River Blindness in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea
		River blindness is also endemic on Bioko - one of Equatorial Guinea's islands in the Gulf of Guinea - but this was never part of the main WHO flfly-control programme.
		The collaborative study has shown that the vector on Bioko is a previously undescribed biotype of the flfly species and is endemic to the island.
		It is hoped that the insects will be eliminated during 2002 in a concerted control campaign that will prevent 75,000 people and their descendants from ever suffering the debilitating and blinding effects of this horrific disease.
	www.nri.org /work/pahh-blackflies.htm (405 words)

	LICENSE PLATES ON LINE! .... Bioko
		Bioko was later divided into a north and south zone, and the numbers were suffixed accordingly.
		MNB prefix - Macias Nguema Bioko (1968 to 1979)
		I once owned a later issue motorcycle plate from Bioko Norte, and it was basically a small version of the passenger plate.
	www.pl8s.com /b/biok.htm (161 words)

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		Bioko Bioko, formally Fernando Po, is the largest of the series of islands that constitute part of Equatorial Guinea.
		Bioko is rectangular in shape and lies at 3° 30' 0 N and 8° 41' 60 E. The island lies 32 km from Mount Cameroon.
		Bioko The Island of Bioko is a protuberance from a geological fracture running between West Africa and the Gulf of Guinea.
	extension.osu.edu /~ockint/countries/Equatorial_Guinea.doc (2735 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Bioko Island
		The plane was on an internal flight between Malabo on Bioko island and the city of Bata on the mainland.
		The officials say the Russian-built Antonov plane was on a domestic flight from the capital, Malabo, on Bioko Island in the Atlantic to the city of Bata on the mainland, when it disappeared from the radar screen Saturday.
		The Equatorial Guinea LNG project is being constructed on the northwest side of Bioko Island at Punta Europa, near Equatorial Guinea's capitol city of Malabo...
	news.surfwax.com /geography/files/Bioko_Island.html (852 words)

	Gulf of Guinea Islands Biodiversity Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There is only a shallow sea bed between Bioko and the mainland, and it is thought that this island was connected to Africa during the most recent ice age (approximately 10,000 years ago) and its lowland fauna and flora should generally reflect that of the mainland.
		The high volcanic peaks of Mt. Cameroon, Bioko, and Sao Tome contain some of the largest areas of this temperate climate in West Africa, and yet the plants and animals are relatively unknown.
		Since it is known that Bioko was in contact with the mainland during relatively recent periods of lowered sea level, this island should serve as a benchmark of which species are available to provide a source for island hopping of fauna and flora from the mainland lowlands and Mt. Cameroon.
	www.calacademy.org /research/guinea_islands (1575 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Clipboards vs. connections: the battle for Bioko's turtles
		He and 38 other residents of the south end of the island of Bioko in West Africa are employed to patrol the beaches after sundown during the seven-month nesting season to discourage poachers from hunting the endangered reptiles or their eggs.
		Although Hearn's primary goal is to save such endangered Bioko primates as the drill, a large monkey, she has adopted the cause of the sea turtles, as well.
		Sea-turtle populations are threatened by such things as poaching of their eggs; commercial use of other parts for oil and cosmetics; entanglement in commercial fishing lines and nets; ingestion of debris, especially plastic bags; and beach development and artificial lights, which thwart nesting.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002143892_turtles07.html (1288 words)

	afrol News - Your Portal to Africa!
		On Bioko, rains are heaviest from October to November.
		This has always been the colony's and the country's capital, marking that the island of Bioko was the economically most active region, with its cocoa plantations, and strategic location.
		Before independence the Bubis were a majority of the population on the island of Bioko (then Fernando Po), which was both administratively distinct from and more economically developed than the larger and more populous mainland (Río Muni), where the Fang were a majority.
	www.afrol.com /html/Countries/Equatorial_Guinea/eqg_profile.htm (3766 words)

	Equatorial Guinea (01/02)
		Bioko Island is volcanic, with three major peaks of 9,876 feet, 7,416 feet and 6,885 feet.
		Bioko Island, called Fernando Po until the 1970s, is the largest island in the Gulf of Guinea--2,017 square kilometers (780 sq.
		Elements of the latter may have generated the Bubi, who emigrated to Bioko from Cameroon and Rio Muni in several waves and succeeded former neolithic populations.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/e/26446.htm (6088 words)

	Meckes: The Endangered Mandrillus Leucophaeus: Behavior Leading Toward Extinction
		Bioko Island is a poor developing country where drills are hunted and sold as “bushmeat” for its sweet taste (Schaaf, Struhsaker, Hearn, 1990).
		Although, Bioko is a poor developing country where hunters make their living hunting primates, the Drill’s unique behavior has also contributed to being hunted to extinction.
		Grubb (1973) is confident that neither Drill nor Mandrillus Sphinx occur in the extreme eastern forest of Cameroon or in northern Congo.
	www.emory.edu /COLLEGE/ANTHROPOLOGY/EA/meckes.html (2521 words)

	CURRENT RESEARCH ISSUES AND PROSPECTS FOR CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
		The rectangular-shaped island of Bioko, formerly Fernando Pó, lies 32 km from the coast of Cameroon.
		The Fang dominate the Rio Muni region and the Bubi, the island of Bioko.
		This is collected soley from the forests of Bioko and, although commonly found in the forests of Rio Muni, is not collected or sold there.
	www.fao.org /docrep/X2161E/x2161e21.htm (4270 words)

	Northern Star Online \| Nation/World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Her interest in Bioko began in 1990 as an effort to study the drill, one of Africa’s most endangered monkeys, which lives on Bioko and a small part of mainland Africa.
		The Bioko project also conducts a detailed daily survey of the bush—meat market in Equatorial Guinea’s capital, Malabo, to gauge the volume of animals that are caught and sold.
		While the Bioko project is primarily concerned with protecting endangered monkeys and marine turtles, Hearn said she got most excited about preserving a broader range of biodiversity.
	www.star.niu.edu /articles?id=3543 (950 words)

	Fernando Poo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bioko Island (also called Fernando Po, formerly Macias Nguema Biyogo), Equatorial Guinea, island off west coast of Africa, in Gulf of Guinea; area 779 square miles (2,018 square km); population 63,000.
		Bioko Island, known as Fernando Po until 1973, was administered by the British from 1827 to 1858.
		Bioko Island is made up of volcanic cones, crater lakes, and rich lava soils.
	freepages.pavilion.net /glyng/d_poo.html (329 words)

	Equatorial Guinea (09/05)
		Elements of the latter may have generated the Bubi, who immigrated to Bioko from Cameroon and Rio Muni in several waves and succeeded former Neolithic populations.
		Bioko Island receives electricity from two thermal plants and one hydroelectric plant.
		The majority of the reserves are found in the Zafiro field, located northwest of Bioko Island and south of Nigeria's offshore oil fields.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/7221.htm (7340 words)

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