Marahoué National Park

Marahoué National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Location	Côte d'Ivoire
Coordinates	7°06′00″N 6°01′30″W / 7.1°N 6.025°W / 7.1; -6.025Coordinates: 7°06′00″N 6°01′30″W / 7.1°N 6.025°W / 7.1; -6.025
Area	1000 km²

Marahoué National Park is a national park in Côte d'Ivoire. It was established in 1968, and covers 1000km² ^[1]. However, it has lost 93 percent of its forest cover in the last six years. These habitats have been damaged and occupied by people, they are no longer suitable for chimpanzees or any other animals.^[2][3]

For information on Great Apes in the area see http://apes.eva.mpg.de/apeswiki/index.php/Marahou%C3%A9_National_Park

References

1. ^ World Database on Protected Areas
2. ^ http://baraza.wildlifedirect.org/category/chimpanzee/
3. ^ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081013-chimps-decline.html

This Africa protected areas related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: IUCN Category II Protected areas of Côte d'Ivoire National parks of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire geography stubs African protected area stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат? Îles Eliotilés National Park M R Seetharam Look at other dictionaries: Comoé National Park — IUCN Category II (National Park) …   Wikipedia Mont Sângbé National Park — IUCN Category II (National Park) Location Côte d Ivoire Area 950 km² …   Wikipedia List of national parks in Africa — Namib Naukluft National Park in Namibia. This is a list of national parks in Africa. The nature of the parks varies considerably not only between countries but also within some nations – the degree of protection, accessibility and type of… …   Wikipedia Principal national parks of the world — ▪ Table Principal national parks of the world Africa Europe and Russia Asia North America and the Caribbean Australia and Oceania South America Africa country national park date area description protected status national park status square miles… …   Universalium Costa de marfil — Côte d Ivoire République de Côte d’Ivoire (fr) …   Wikipédia en Français Cote d'Ivoire — Côte d Ivoire République de Côte d’Ivoire (fr) …   Wikipédia en Français Cote d'ivoire — Côte d Ivoire République de Côte d’Ivoire (fr) …   Wikipédia en Français Côte-d'Ivoire — République de Côte d’Ivoire (fr) …   Wikipédia en Français Côte-d’Ivoire — Côte d Ivoire République de Côte d’Ivoire (fr) …   Wikipédia en Français Côte D'Ivoire — République de Côte d’Ivoire (fr) …   Wikipédia en Français 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”