Kibinda Forest Reserve

This reserve is bounded to the north by the track that runs from Nova Caipemba to Kitexe, to the south by the road that goes from Kitexe to Aldeia Viçosa, to the east by the Loge River, and to the west by the Vamba River.
The vegetation includes humid semi-deciduous mist forests, multi-layered, Guinean–Zambezian and mesophytic formations, with species such as Celtis, Albizia, Morus, and Ficus.

As forest ecosystems constitute one of the most important natural resources and are currently in decline due to strong anthropogenic pressures, assessing their biological richness is one of the priorities in order to ensure their preservation with a view to environmental sustainability.
The reserve is an important forest ecosystem and is part of the largest expanse of forests in Angola, which covers the provinces of Bengo, Cabinda, Zaire, Uíge, Kuanza Norte, Kuanza Sul, Bengo, Luanda, and Malanje.
(320,000 km²). It includes the only Angolan patch of low-altitude Guinean rainforest (Maiombe – Cabinda), coffee forests, and mixed forest and savanna areas.
It encompasses the northernmost part of the Angolan escarpment and partially covers the basins of the Chiluango (Cabinda) and the Zaire, Cuango, and Kuanza rivers, as well as the entirety of the basins of the M’bridge, Loge, Dange, and Bengo rivers.