Okapi Wildlife Reserve
| Okapi Wildlife Reserve | |
|---|---|
IUCN category II (national park) | |
 Epulu River in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve | |
  | |
| Location | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Nearest city | Isiro |
| Coordinates | 02°00′00″N 28°30′00″E / 2.00000°N 28.50000°E |
| Area | 13,726.25 km2 (5,299.73 sq mi)[1] |
| Established | 1992[2] |
| Governing body | l'Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) |
| Criteria | Natural: x |
| Reference | 718 |
| Inscription | 1996 (20th Session) |
| Endangered | 1997 - |
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve (French: Réserve de faune à okapis) is a wildlife reserve in the Ituri Forest in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is near the country's borders with South Sudan and Uganda.[3] It covers roughly one-fifth of the area of the forest. In 1996, the Okapi Wildlife Reserve was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was listed because of its big population of endangered okapis and its high biodiversity.[4]
References
- ↑ INSTITUT CONGOLAIS POUR LA CONSERVATION DE LA NATURE. Okapi Archived 2005-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Okapi Archived 1997-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "21 World Heritage Sites you have probably never heard of". The Telegraph. Daily Telegraph. 4 February 2016.
- ↑ "Okapi Wildlife Refuge". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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