Côte d'Ivoire
Taï National Park
Taï National Park contains one of the last areas of primary tropical forest in West Africa.
The vegetation is mainly characterized by tall trees with massive trunks. A large number of epiphytes and lianas can be found. The humid forest is home to a breadth of flora and fauna: it holds about 150 endemic flora species, 250 bird species and endangered mammal species such as the pygmy hippotamus, bongo, chimpanzee, pangolin (three species) and forest elephant.
Community Perspective: this site so far has been unreviewed.
Site Info
Official Information
- Full Name
- Taï National Park (ID: 195)
- Country
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Status
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Inscribed 1982
Site history
History of Taï National Park
- 1982: Inscribed
- Inscribed
- WHS Type
- Natural
- Criteria
- vii
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Links
- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
All Links
UNESCO.org
- whc.unesco.org — whc.unesco.org/
Related Resources
- mammalwatching.com — Trip Report from March 2022
- oipr.ci — Le Parc National de Taï
Community Information
- Community Category
- Natural landscape: Forest
Travel Information
One thousand visitors or fewer
“En ce moment la station d’écotourisme de Djouroutou reçoit en moyenne, 100 touristes par …
Recent Connections
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Perfect Inscriptions
1982 -
Centres of Plant Diversity
Af2 Tai NP - Has no OUV statement but A… -
Hippos
"threatened mammal species such as the …
Connections of Taï National Park
- Ecology
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Elephants
African elephant -
Strepsirrhini
Senegal bushbaby, dwarf bushbaby -
Hippos
"threatened mammal species such as the pygmy hippopotamus" (official description) -
Inselbergs
Mont Niénokoué
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- World Heritage Process
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Perfect Inscriptions
1982 -
Minor modifications after inscription
2023: increase of 53%, Firstly, add the managed Fauna Reserve and more than two thirds of the “N’Zo Fauna Reserve”. The new boundaries add a part of the Haut Dodo classified forest in the south-west and a part of the Rapides Grah classified forest in the south-eastern and eastern part of the national park.
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- WHS on Other Lists
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Alliance for Zero Extinction
Hyperolius nienokouensis, Amietophrynus taiensis -
World Heritage Forest Programme
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Biodiversity hotspot
Guinean Forests of West Africa -
World Biosphere Reserves
Taï (1977) -
IUCN Green List
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Centres of Plant Diversity
Af2 Tai NP - Has no OUV statement but AB ev says: "This humid tropical forest has a high level of endemism - over 150 species have been identified as endemic to the Tai region"
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- Visiting conditions
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One thousand visitors or fewer
“En ce moment la station d’écotourisme de Djouroutou reçoit en moyenne, 100 touristes par an. (IUCN Outlook 2020)
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