Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Forest elephants in the Mbeli River, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park
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 Republic of the Congo
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| Coordinates | 2°28′N 16°27′E / 2.467°N 16.450°ECoordinates: 2°28′N 16°27′E / 2.467°N 16.450°E |
| Area | 3,921.61 km2 (1,514.14 sq mi) |
| Established | 1993 |
| Governing body | Ministry for National Forestry Commission |
Nouabal-Ndoki National Park is a national park in the Republic of the Congo. Established in 1993, north of Congo, it is mostly populated with elephants, apes, ranging from western lowland gorillas to chimpanzees and bongo. It is 3,921.61 km2 (1,514.14 sq mi) of pristine tropical rainforest with no human habitation within it and with least habitation in the peripheral villages. The forests have a rich biodiversity of 300 bird species, plus 1,000 plant and tree species which include endangered mahoganies.
In a conference of the Ministers of Forests of Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC), it had been resolved to establish within the Congo basin, the Sangha River Tri-national Protected area (STN) with a total area of 2,800,000 ha (6,900,000 acres) encompassing the Dzanga Sangha Special Reserve and the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park in the Central African Republic, the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), and the Lobéké National Park in Cameroon. The concept of creating reserved parks emerged in the 1980s with the realization that wild roaming elephants which moved freely in the entire region of the three parks needed to be protected from poachers and the logging industry.
The Nouabal-Ndoki National Park, managed by the WCS Congo jointly with the Ministry of Forestry, is one of the five protocols signed between them that specifies the responsibility of each partner of the protocol to ensure protection of the areas to defined international standards.
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