- Waza National Park
Infobox_protected_area | name = Waza National Park
iucn_category = II
caption = Elephants in Waza National Park.
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location = Far North Province,Cameroon
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lat_degrees = 11
lat_minutes = 20
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lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 14
long_minutes = 44
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long_direction = E
area = 1,700 km²
established =1934
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governing_body = Cameroon Ministry of Environment and the Protection of Nature.Waza National Park ( _fr. Parc national de Waza) is a
national park inFar North Province ,Cameroon .cite web |url= http://www.fieldtripearth.org/article.xml?id=1189 |title= June 2005 Waza Anti-Poaching Report|accessdate=2007-01-28 |last=MacAllister|first=Mark|work= Field Trip Earth|publisher= North Carolina Zoological Society] It was founded in 1934, albeit as a hunting reserve, and covers a total of 1,700 km².cite web |url= http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/afrika/wcmc/waza.htm|title= World Conservation Monitoring Centre|accessdate=2007-01-28 |date=1983|work= ] The park became a National Park in 1968, and aUNESCO biosphere reserve in 1979.cite web |url= http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sites/index.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=6106&m=0 |title= Waza National Park (Important Birds Areas of Cameroon)|accessdate=2007-01-28 |date= 2005|work= World Bird Database|publisher= BirdLife International]Management
The park is managed by the Conservation Service of the Waza National Park, part of the
Cameroon Ministry of Environment and the Protection of Nature . In 1983, the park had a staff of twenty-five rangers; however, as of 2005, that number had dropped to seven, and poachers fromChad ,Nigeria , and Cameroon itself were reported to have gone on a "rampage for the Park’s resources." Also in 2005 theNetherlands World Conservation Union Committee agreed to pay for an additional sixteen "eco-rangers" who would assist the regular ones.Wildlife
Waza is home for lions and elephants and in particular for one of the last populations of the Western
giraffe ("G. c. peralta").Kob -antelopes have increased to 5000 in the 1990s since a strong decline in the 1980s. Other large ungulates arewart hog ,roan ,red-fronted gazelle andkorrigum [Paul Scholte, Saleh Adam and Bobo Kadiri Serge: "Population trends of antelopes in Waza National Park (Cameroon) from 1960 to 2001: the interacting effects of rainfall, flooding and human interventions". African Journal of Ecology Volume 45 Issue 3, Pages 431 - 439. [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118511006/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 online] ] cite web |url= http://www.ufic.ufl.edu/wcpinterns/ruta.htm |title= WCP Intern Report|accessdate=2007-01-28 |date= |last= Sathaye|first= Ruta|work= ] . There are 379 species of birds in the park; among the birds that have been sighted are Marmaronetta angustirostris, Aythya nyroca, Aquila clanga, Falco naumanni,Neotis nuba ,Ortyxelos meiffrenii ,Ardeotis arabs , and Struthio camelus.ee also
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