Ecological monitoring is a part of the development and management plan for the W/ECOPAS Regional Park. It is part of the annual work plan (PTA) of the Park W/Benin management. In this sector, several activities concerning both the interior and the exterior of this Protected Areas are planned. Among the activities related to ecological monitoring, we mention the counting of wildlife. The method used is the line-transect method. The number of sectors covered by this edition is six:

• The Mekrou hunting area
• The south-western zone of the Park having the shape of a triangle
• The area between Koudou and the triple point in the Park (Zapingou zone)
• The hunting area of La Djona.
• The area of pond 25,
• The Barabo area

In this report, a brief presentation of Park W was given as well as the methodological approach to data collection and processing and the provisional results of the prospective census.