Papatia Botanical Garden

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Papatia Botanical Garden
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Monotes kerstingii in the Papatia Botanical Garden.
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Location in Benin
Type Botanical garden
Location Papatia, Benin
Coordinates 10°02′17″N1°29′35″E / 10.038°N 1.493°E / 10.038; 1.493
Area12 hectares (30 acres)
Opened2001
Founder Fula people

The Botanic Garden of Papatia is located in Papatia, Sina-Issire, Northern Benin. [1] Founded in 2001, [2] it was the first garden created in Northern Benin. [3] It was created by the local Fula people, [4] a traditionally semi-nomadic ethnicity, support was provided by an NGO, the Goethe University Frankfurt and the National University of Benin. [5] The 12 hectares (30 acres) garden has a totally protected core zone of approximately 5 hectares (12 acres). [3] It is situated in a savanna, containing over 100 woody plants and hundreds of herbaceous species. The facility includes a tree nursery, various ecological sites, a traditional medicine pharmacy, beekeeping installations, and an information centre. [5] Gnanando Seydou is the Director. [1]

An education project was initiated in 2006. Subsequent to the development of this pilot garden, the area's first protected zone, twenty protected lands were created by Development Network of Community Nature Reserves (Réseau de Développement de Réserves naturelles Communautaires; REDERC), an organization of the village community; REDERC received the Equator Prize 2010. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Botanic Garden of Papatia Benin - Sinaissire". Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Krohmer, Julia; Hahn-Hadjali, Karen (2004). "The botanic garden of Papatia (Northern Benin): Perspectives for sustainable use, biodiversity conservation and preservation of traditional knowledge" (PDF). Barcelona: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 Parrotta, John A.; Alfred Oteng-Yeboah Joseph Cobbinah (October 15, 2008). "Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa". IUFRO World Series Volume 23. p. 13. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  4. ↑ In Fula : Fulɓe; in French : Peul.
  5. 1 2 "L' Ecole Baobab, education programme in the Botanical Garden of Papatia". International Union for Conservation of Nature Resources. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  6. ↑ Saidou, M. Gnanando; Krohmer, Julia. "Réseau de Développement de Réserves Naturelles Communautaires (REDERC) - Benin". Equator Initiative. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
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