Basse Casamance National Park

Basse Casamance National Park Parc National de la Basse Casamance
IUCN category II (national park)
Senegal
Location	Ziguinchor
Nearest city	Oussouye
Coordinates	12°23′45″N16°35′40″W / 12.39583°N 16.59444°W / 12.39583; -16.59444
Area	50 km2
Established	1970
Official website of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Senegal (archived)

Basse Casamance National Park (French : Parc National de la Basse Casamance), located near Oussouye in Ziguinchor, is one of six national parks in Senegal. It is currently closed.^{[ when? ]}

History

The park was created in 1970.

Characteristics

It encompasses an area of 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres).

The main biotopes are Guinean forests and savannah woodlands.

Fauna

There are 200 species of birds and fifty species of mammals, including African forest buffalo, African leopard, Campbell's mona monkey, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby and western red colobus.

Tourism

The site is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Cap Skirring Airport.

Because of the Casamance conflict, the park, possibly contaminated with land mines, has been closed to visitors for several years.^{[ timeframe? ]}

See also

• Environment of Senegal
• List of national parks in Africa
• Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal
• Tourism in Senegal
• World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Africa

References

• André-Roger Dupuy (January–March 1971). "Le Parc national de Basse-Casamance au Sénégal". Bulletin du Poste scientifique hors-Siège de l'UNESCO pour l'Afrique (in French). VI (1). Nairobi: 23–27.
• André-Roger Dupuy (May–June 1971). "Le Parc national de Basse-Casamance, nouveau sanctuaire naturel de la République du Sénégal". Science et Nature (in French) (105): 16–21.
• André-Roger Dupuy (October 1971). "Le Parc national de Basse-Casamance". Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire. A (in French). XXXIII (4). Sénégal: 1029–1036. ISSN   0018-9634.
• André-Roger Dupuy (January 1973). "Premier inventaire des mammifères du Parc national de Basse Casamance". Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire. A (in French). XXXV (1). Sénégal: 186–197. ISSN   0018-9634.
• Jean Larivière; André-Roger Dupuy (1978). Sénégal : Ses parcs, ses animaux (in French). Paris: Fernand Nathan. p. 144. OCLC   461810927.
• Jacques Verschuren. "Les Parcs Nationaux, joyaux du Sénégal". Zoo (in French). 41 (4): 150–157. ISSN   0044-5029.
• Claude Marius (1979). "Effets de la sécheresse sur l'évolution phytogéographique et pédologique de la mangrove en basse Casamance" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire. A (in French). 41 (4): 669–691. ISSN   0018-9634.

External links

• Protected Areas and World Heritage Programme
• (in French) Parks and reserves