Tamou Reserve

Réserve totale de faune du Tamou
IUCN Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area)

Tamou Reserve (8) on a map of W Transborder Park complex
Location Tillaberi Region, Niger
Nearest city Say, Niger
Area 75,600 hectares
Established 1 January 1962
Governing body Parcs Nationaux & Reserves - Niger

The Tamou Total Reserve is a nature reserve in the southwest of the African nation of Niger. It is a Total Faunal Reserve IUCN type IV, covering some 75,600 hectares within the Tillaberi Region. The reserve abuts W du Niger, and is primarily dedicated to the protection of African Elephant populations which migrate through the region.[1]

References

  1. ^ T. O. McSHANE Elephant-fire relationships in Combretum/Terminalia woodland in south-west Niger. African Journal of Ecology Volume 25 Issue 2, Pages 79 - 94.