Salonga National Park

Salonga is a very isolated park in the tropical rainforest at the Congo river basin. It is Africa's biggest tropical rainforest reserve (the 2nd biggest in the world) and home to many endangered fauna species, notably the bonobo.

The park can only be reached via water transport. It covers an area of 3,656,000 ha.

Salonga has been on the World Heritage In Danger List since 1999 due to the instable political situation in the DR of Congo and poaching. It had been on the Danger-list before (1984-1992).

Year	Decision	Comments
2007	Reinforced Monitoring
1999	In Danger	Poaching and illegal encroachments
1984	Inscribed	Reasons for inscription

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• Salonga National Park
• Country: Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Inscribed: 1984
• In Danger
• Natural Heritage
  Criteria:  (7) (9)
• Category: Natural landscape, Forest
• Period:
• Connections: Chimpanzee habitat . Crocodiles . Rainforests . World Heritage Forest Programme .
  
  News and links:
  » Trip report to Salonga National Park, dating from 2005.
  » Wildlife conservation at Salonga.
  » United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
  
  
  
  

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