Parks in Burkina Faso - National Parks of Burkina Faso, W National Park, Nature Reserves of Burkina Faso, Deux Bals National Park, Arly-Singou (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: National Parks of Burkina Faso, W National Park, Nature Reserves of Burkina Faso, Deux Bals National Park, Arly-Singou, List of National Parks of Burkina Faso, Arli National Park, Mare Aux Hippopotames, Pama Reserve, Kabor Tambi National Park, Kourtiagou Reserve, Sylvo-Pastoral and Partial Faunal Reserve of the Sahel, Bontioli Reserve, Nakr Reserve, Singou Reserve, Madjoari Reserve, Difoula Forest, P Forest, Logonigu Forest, Kofland Forest, Laba Forest, Boulon Forest, Dida Forest, Dibon Forest, Mou Forest. Excerpt: W National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The W National Park of Niger was created by decree on 4 August 1954, and since 1996 has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Within Niger, the Park is listed as a National Park, IUCN Type II, and is part of a larger complex of Reserves and protected areas. These include the adjacent Dallol Bosso (Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar) on the eastern bank of the Niger River and the partial overlap of the smaller "Parc national du W" (Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar). The three parks are BirdLife International Important Bird Areas (IBAs)of types A1 and A3 (IBA codes IBA NE001, IBA BF008, and IBA BJ001). In the three nations, the Regional park covers some 10,000 km largely uninhabited by humans, having been until the 1970s a Malarial zone of wetlands formed by the delta of the Mekrou River with the Niger, broken by rocky hills. Historically, the area has been at one time a major area of human habitation, judged by the important archaeological sites (mostly tombs) found in the area. The parc also constitute the southern limit of tiger bush plateaus distribution in Niger. The park is known for its large mammals, including aardvarks, baboons, buffa... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1759173