The issue of conservation of the Ivorian forest and its resources has been at the centre of the concerns of the public
authorities since the 1960s. Thus, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) has set up a network of protected areas in general and several
national parks in particular, to conserve its forest areas and their biodiversity. Located in Abidjan, the Banco National Park
(BNP) and its periphery have undergone profound environmental changes in recent decades. These changes, mainly linked to
human activities and the rapid urbanization of the Abidjan district, are causing the degradation of the BNP forest. Present paper
aims to describe and analyse the various threats linked to urban pressure, in particular the risks of deforestation and pollution,
which expose certain areas of the BNP. To achieve these objectives, the analysis of the evolution of vegetation, types of land use,
territorial re-compositions and the games of the different actors are used to understand the environmental dynamics of the BNP
forest and
