Tamou Reserve

Nature reserve in Niger

12°35′44″N 2°17′57″E / 12.59556°N 2.29917°E / 12.59556; 2.29917Area75,600 hectaresEstablished1 January 1962Governing bodyParcs Nationaux & Reserves - Niger

The Tamou Total Reserve is a nature reserve in the southwest of Niger. It is a Total Faunal Reserve IUCN type IV, covering some 75,600 hectares within the Tillaberi Region. The reserve abuts W du Niger, and is primarily dedicated to the protection of African Elephant populations which migrate through the region.[1]

References

  1. ^ McShane, T. O. (1987), "Elephant-fire relationships in Combretum/Terminalia woodland in south-west Niger", African Journal of Ecology, 25 (2): 79–94, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.1987.tb01095.x, archived from the original on 13 August 2011
  • unep-wcmc site record[permanent dead link]
  • World Database on Protected Areas / UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2008.
  • Biodiversity and Protected Areas-- Niger,[dead link] Earth Trends country profile (2003)
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National Park - IUCN type II
  • W du Niger National Park
Faunal Reserves - IUCN type IV
Strict Nature Reserve IUCN type Ia