Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve

Infobox World Heritage Site
WHS = Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves


State Party = NIG
Type = Natural
Criteria = vii, ix, x
ID = 573
Region = Africa
Year = 1991
Session = 15th
Danger = 1992-
Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/573The Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve in the West African nation of Niger. It includes several overlapping reserve designations, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It covers both the eastern half of the Aïr Mountains and the western sections of the Ténéré desert.

The Aïr and Ténéré UNESCO World Heritage Site was established in 1991, and marked as endangered 1993. It was designated under criteria vii, ix, x, and is designated #573. The entire reserver covers 77,360 sq km, which made it the second largest nature reserve in Africa, and the fourth largest in the world. [ [http://www.jstor.org/pss/2385984 Africa's Second largest nature preserve established] , Conservation Biology, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar., 1989), p.16]

The Reserve includes two parts:
*"Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve", IUCN type IV [ [http://www.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=9024&level=nat nep-wcmc site record] ] ::Established 1 January 1988::64,560 km²
*The Aïr and Ténéré Addax Sanctuary ::Strict Nature Reserve IUCN type Ia::Established 1 January 1988::12,800 km²

References

* [http://www.umich.edu/~csfound/545/1998/talbotj/chap10.htm Jennifer Talbot. The Tuareg People and the Air Tenere Conservation and Development Project, Niger, West Africa] . POPULATION-ENVIRONMENT DYNAMICS:TRANSITIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY, University of Micigan, 1998.
* [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/573 UNESCO site details] .