Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Okapi Wildlife Reserve
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The Okapi Wildlife Reserve protects a rainforest that is home to about 5,000 of the estimated 30,000 okapi (forest giraffes) surviving in the wild.

The reserve lies in the Congo Basin and covers part of the Ituri rainforest. It has numerous species that are absent from surrounding areas. This includes endemic and threatened species of primates and birds, such as large numbers of chimpanzees and forest elephants.

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Full Name
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Unesco ID
718
Country
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Inscribed
1996 - In Danger
Type
Natural
Criteria
10
Categories
Wildlife habitat - Fauna
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Site History

2007 Reinforced Monitoring

1997 In Danger

impact of the war and civil conflicts in the Great Lakes region

1996 Inscribed

1995 Referred

Bureau - Fulfils Natural criteria but cultural values etc of indigenous pygmies not taken into account. Needs Management plan etc

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