SELECTION OF PLANTS CONSUMED BY CHIMPANZEES AND HUMANS IN AN AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF TAÏ NATIONAL PARK, SOUTHWESTERN COTE DIVOIRE

The main objective of this study, which took place in the eastern peripheral zone of the TaI National Park (TNP), was to identify the food plants consumed by chimpanzees and humans.The methodologyconsisted first of all in conducting a bibliographic research, then in conducting surveys among local populations and in carrying out pedestrian surveys in the plantations in the eastern peripheral zone of the TNP. At the end of the surveys, 13 plants species were listed as beingconsumed by bothchimpanzees and humans. The main organs of these consumed plants are : fruits, leaves, stem pith. Of the 13 plant species, five (5) are domesticated in the plantations. While some of these plants are either left in the plantations by farmers for their food use, others have been introduced into the plantations at the instigation of the park manager in order to limit human-wildlife conflicts.