{"id":364719,"date":"2026-06-09T12:28:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=364719"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:58:39","slug":"lisima-plateau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lisima-plateau\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisima Plateau"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0A scientific expedition to Angola\u2019s remote Lisima Plateau uncovered dozens of species previously unknown to science during the Cassai Life Atlas survey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Lisima Plateau<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364773\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-364773\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-BBC.jpg?resize=420%2C283&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lisima Plateau\" width=\"420\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-BBC.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-BBC.jpg?resize=1024%2C689&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-BBC.jpg?resize=768%2C517&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-BBC.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; BBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lisima Plateau<\/strong>\u00a0is a remote and <strong>ecologically vital highland region in eastern Angola,<\/strong> known as a <strong>major biodiversity hotspot.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0It is located in <strong>eastern Angola\u2019s Moxico Province<\/strong> within the <strong>upper<\/strong> <strong>Cassai catchment area.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hydrological significance:<\/strong> The Lisima landscape lies <strong>within the Angolan Highlands Water Tower<\/strong> and <strong>feeds the Okavango, Zambezi, Congo, and Cuanza river systems.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Support to Ecosystems:<\/strong> Water from the plateau sustains ecosystems and communities thousands of km downstream, <strong>including the UNESCO-listed Okavango Delta.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Biodiversity &#8220;Blank Spot&#8221;<\/strong>: Decades of civil war, persistent landmines, and extreme remoteness left the <strong>region largely unexplored by scientists despite its ecological importance.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0A scientific expedition to Angola\u2019s remote Lisima Plateau uncovered dozens of species previously unknown to science during the Cassai Life Atlas survey. About Lisima Plateau Lisima Plateau\u00a0is a remote and ecologically vital highland region in eastern Angola, known as a major biodiversity hotspot. Location:\u00a0It is located in eastern Angola\u2019s Moxico Province within the upper Cassai&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lisima-plateau\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lisima Plateau<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-364719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}