Birougou National Park

National park in Gabon

1°46′S 12°16′E / 1.767°S 12.267°E / -1.767; 12.267Area690 km² (270 sq mi)^[1]Established2002Governing bodyNational Agency for National Parks

Ramsar Wetland

Official nameSite Ramsar des Monts BirougouDesignated2 February 2007Reference no.1654^[2]

Birougou National Park, also known as the Monts Birougou Wetlands (French: Marais des monts Birougou) is a national park in central Gabon. It contains extremely dense rain forest in the Chaillu Mountains and is one of the two parks where the endemic sun-tailed guenon,^[3] a monkey first described in 1988, can be found. It is named after Mount Birougou,1°50′17″S 12°19′01″E / 1.83816°S 12.31702°E / -1.83816; 12.31702, 975 metres in altitude, one of the highest peaks in the country.

Due to its purported universal cultural and natural significance, it was added onto the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on October 20, 2005.^[4] Portions of the park have been designated as a Ramsar site since 2007.^[2]

References

^ Olivier S. G. Pauwels; Patrice Christy; Annabelle Honorez. "Reptiles and national parks in Gabon, Western Central Africa" (PDF). Podacris.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
^ ^a ^b "Site Ramsar des Monts Birougou". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ Oates, J. F. & Bearder, S. (2016). "Allochrocebus solatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4230A92345868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T4230A92345868.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ UNESCO Centre du patrimoine mondial (2005-10-20). "Parc national des Monts Birougou – UNESCO World Heritage Centre" (in French). Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2016-09-19.