Odzala-Kokoua

Odzala-Kokoua
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The Forest Massif of Odzala Kokoua comprises savanna ecosystems that have seen post-glacial forest recolonization.

It includes very rare types of forest. The fully overlapping Odzala Kokoua National Park is dotted with clearings, salt pans and savannas. The park protects a near-complete assemblage of Central African mammal species, except for Lion. It is essential to Forest Elephant migrations in the region, and is a critical stronghold for Western Lowland Gorillas and Chimpanzees in Central Africa.

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Full Name
Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua
Unesco ID
692
Country
Congo (Republic)
Inscribed
2023
Type
Natural
Criteria
9 10
Categories
Natural landscape - Forest
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Site History

2023 Advisory Body overruled

From Deferral to Inscription - unanimously after Congo confirmed having revoked the mining rights that were of concern to IUCN.

2023 Inscribed

1995 Deferred

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Unesco Website
Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua
Official Website

Page by African Parks

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Trip Report including gorilla tracking

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Ecology
Elephants: A "critically important park for Forest Elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis, migrations" (AB ev)
Gorilla habitat: "one of the most important strongholds for Western Lowland Gorillas, Gorilla gorilla ssp. gorilla (CR)" (AB ev) - has habituated groups
Chimpanzee habitat: "one of the most important strongholds for ..chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes (EN), in Central Africa" (AB ev)
Pangolin: three species of pangolin inhabiting the region
Over 300 bird species: 463 (AB ev)
Critically endangered fauna species: Forest Elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis, (CR) and Western Lowland Gorillas, Gorilla gorilla ssp. gorilla (CR) (AB ev)
Rainforests: "MFOK is part of the large tri-national Dja-Odzala-Minkébé (TRIDOM) landscape, which covers 10% of the Congo Basin rainforest" (AB ev)
High-Biodiversity Wilderness Area: Congo Basin
Geography
Congo River Basin: "at the northwestern limit of the Congo basin" (AB ev)
Human Activity
African Parks Network: "The nonprofit conservation organization African Parks began managing the park in collaboration with the Ministry of Forest Economy, Sustainable Development and Environment of the Republic of the Congo in 2010." (wiki)
WHS on Other Lists
Ramsar Wetlands: "also overlaps with the Ramsar site ‘Odzala Kokoua’, declared in 2012" (AB ev)
Centres of Plant Diversity: Af14 Odzala NP & Biosphere Reserve - "home to at least 32 plant species unknown elsewhere in the region including one endemic species. In all, 1,150 plant species have been listed"
World Heritage Process
Ten years or more to inscribe: 1995-2023

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