Ez Zeraf Game Reserve

Ez Zeraf Game Reserve
IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area)

Ez Zeraf Game Reserve is an IUCN Category VI protected area in South Sudan, Africa. It was designated in 1939 when the area was within Sudan. The reserve is 970,000 hectares (2,400,000 acres) in size, or 9,700 square kilometres (3,700 sq mi). Located within a Ramsar site, the savannah woodland habitat features key species of Nile Lechwe, Sitatunga, and Hippopotamus.[1] It is internationally important for its large mammal concentrations.[2]

References

  1. ^ United Nations Environment Programme (2007). Sudan: post-conflict environmental assessment. UNEP/Earthprint. pp. 261, 263–. ISBN 9789280727029. http://books.google.com/books?id=1mQYMlEwL9UC&pg=PA263. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 
  2. ^ International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources; Norway. Direktoratet for utviklingshjelp (December 1989). The IUCN Sahel studies 1989. IUCN. pp. 95–. ISBN 9782880329778. http://books.google.com/books?id=3jRmxGZhSt4C&pg=PA95. Retrieved 1 August 2011.