Tamou Reserve
Nature reserve in Niger
12°35′44″N 2°17′57″E / 12.59556°N 2.29917°E / 12.59556; 2.29917
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
- ^ 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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- W du Niger National Park
- Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve
- Gadabedji Total Reserve
- Tadres Total Reserve
- Tamou Total Reserve
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- Dosso Partial Faunal Reserve