Termit Massif Reserve

Infobox_protected_area | name =Réserve totale de faune du Termit Massif
iucn_category = IV


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location = Zinder Region, Diffa Region, Niger
nearest_city = Termit Kaoboul, Tasker
lat_degrees = 16
lat_minutes = 23
lat_seconds = 38
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 11
long_minutes = 39
long_seconds = 29
long_direction = E
area = 700,00 hectares
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governing_body = Parcs Nationaux & Reserves - Niger
world_heritage_site = The Termit Massif Total Reserve is a nature reserve in the southeast of the African nation of Niger.

Geography

It is a Total Faunal Reserve IUCN type IV, established 1 January 1962, covering over 700,000 hectares of the Termit Massif. The reserve includes the "Termit Massif Faunal Reserve Buffer Zone", forming a half ring around the southern border of the larger Termit Massif Total Reserve. [ [http://www.kbinirsnb.be/cb/antelopes/Cartography/map_niger_termit.jpgSee map here] ] This section is termed a Faunal Reserve Buffer Zone. The rocky Sahel highlands on the southern edge of the Sahara desert are known for their endangered antelope populations.

Addax

While details are difficult to established, some researchers believe Termit may be home to the last self-sustaining population of the critically endangered Addax, which at one time made regular migrations from what is now the Aïr and Ténéré Addax Sanctuary‎ on the edge of the Ténéré desert. [ [http://www.saharaconservation.org/pictures/uploaded/files/CMS%20Addax%20Chapter.pdf. Roseline C. Beudels-Jamar, Pierre Devillers, René-Marie Lafontaine and John Newby. ADDAX NASOMACULATUS] , CMS report, 2007, Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.]

References

* [http://www.antelopetag.com/assets/docs/Home_News/SSCF_0408_BillHouston/SCF%20Annual%20Report%20Termit%202007.pdf Conservation of Termit and Tin Toumma (Niger). Annual Report for 2007 of the Sahara Conservation Fund, Thomas Rabeil, John Newby, Abdoulaye Harouna] .

* [http://www.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=17367&level=nat unep-wcmc site record]
* [http://www.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/ World Database on Protected Areas / UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2008.]
* [http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/country_profiles/bio_cou_562.pdf Biodiversity and Protected Areas-- Niger] , Earth Trends country profile (2003)