- Korup National Park
The Korup National Park is in western
Cameroon against theNigeria n border. It has 1259 km² of tropicalrainforest known for its highbiological diversity , including more than 50 species of largemammal s. The national park was established in 1986.One reason for its importance is that it is in an area which remained rain forest throughout the drying-out periods during the
Ice Age whenicecap advance caused severeglobal cooling which caused much tropical rainforest to be replaced by semi-xerophytic scrub orsavanna h.The Korup National Park is part of the Korup Project, which also consists of three forest reserves and a park buffer zone for agriculture and rural development. The three forest reserves are called Nita-Ali, Rumpi Hills and Ejagham.
However, the Korup National Park was not set up completely without conflict; the project developers faced friction with the local villagers and had difficulty gaining their trust and co-operation. There are 29 villages in the Korup area, six of them were located in the national park. These six villages had to be relocated to the park buffer zone, which caused considerable anger and resentment amongst the local people.
External links
* [http://Korup.CamWah.Net/ Information about Korup National Park]
*http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/science/wta/korup.html
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