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Benin: Abomey reliefs, Pendjari pools and Lake Nokoué
Getty’s Abomey project conserved 50 palace-relief panels; a 2018 Ramsar sheet names Pendjari pools that retain water in the dry season; a Lake Nokoué study examines branch-built acadjas.
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Abomey: conserving palace reliefs
Getty’s 1992–97 conservation project, run with Benin’s Department of Cultural Patrimony, addressed 50 polychrome earthen panels taken out of the Salle des Bijoux. Its listed outcomes include training local staff and a permanent display at Musée Historique d’Abomey.[1]
Pendjari: pools through the dry season
The 2018 Ramsar information sheet follows the Pendjari from the Atacora massif to the Volta in Ghana. It notes that parts of the river dry out in the dry season, while named pools including Bali and Bori retain water.[2]
Lake Nokoué: branch-built acadjas
In 2003–04, Niyonkuru and Lalèyè examined experimental acadjas—fishing structures assembled from branches—in the lake at Ganvié and Zogbo. Their paper reports 25 fish species in those samples; the comparison figure of 51 comes from a separate lake-wide inventory in 2001. Cichlids made up 95% of counted abundance inside the acadjas, and the authors caution that a high density of acadjas could reduce fish-species richness.[3]
Good to know
A few clear answers before you explore.
What did the Abomey relief project leave behind?
Getty lists conservation training for local staff and a permanent exhibition at Musée Historique d’Abomey among the project’s outcomes.[1]
What happens to the Pendjari in the dry season?
The 2018 Ramsar sheet says parts of the river dry out, while named pools such as Bali and Bori retain water.[2]
What is an acadja?
A fishing structure built from branches and set in the water. In the 2003–04 study, 25 species were reported from the experimental acadjas; the 51-species comparison is from a lake-wide inventory made in 2001.[3]
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