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Mount Nimba
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Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve comprises montane forests with a high number of endemic plant and animal species.
These species include multiple types of duikers, big cats, civets, and several types of viviparous toads. It also has a population of chimpanzees using stones as tools. The Nature Reserve consists of high-altitude grassland, plains savannah and primary forest including rain forest. Its diversity is supported by the occurrence of a variety of microclimates.
Community Perspective: Iain visited the Guinean part in 1995 and witnessed a landscape with “a number of tumbling sparkling rivers and waterfalls, several natural bridges and possibly the biggest bamboo I've ever seen”.
Site Info
Official Information
- Full Name
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (ID: 155)
- Countries
- Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
- Status
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Inscribed 1981
Site history
History of Mount Nimba
- 1992: In Danger
- dangers of exploitation of the iron-ore mine and the arrival of large numbers of refugees
- 1982: Extended
- Extended to Ivory Coast
- 1981: Inscribed
- Inscribed
- In Danger
- dangers of exploitation of the iron-ore mine and the arrival of large numbers of refugees Since 1992
- Type
- Natural
- Criteria
- ix
- x
Links
- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
- Official
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- oipr.ci — Office Ivoirien des Parcs et Réserves
All Links
UNESCO.org
- whc.unesco.org — whc.unesco.org/
Official Website
- oipr.ci — Office Ivoirien des Parcs et Réserves
News Article
- 1 Feb 2008 voanews.com — Environmentalists trying to save chimpanzees at a UNESCO World Heritage protected area in Guinea are facing resistance from villagers who say their needs are being ignored.
Community Information
- Community Category
- Natural landscape: Forest
Travel Information
Recent Connections
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Territorial Highest points
Mt Nimba (Mont Richard Molard) 1752m/57…
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News
- voanews.com 01/02/2008
- Environmentalists trying to save c…