Basse Casamance National Park

Basse Casamance National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Senegal
Location	Ziguinchor
Nearest city	Oussouye
Coordinates	12°23′45″N 16°35′40″W / 12.39583°N 16.59444°W / 12.39583; -16.59444Coordinates: 12°23′45″N 16°35′40″W / 12.39583°N 16.59444°W / 12.39583; -16.59444
Area	50 km²
Established	1970
http://www.environnement.gouv.sn

Basse Casamance National Park, located near Oussouye in Ziguinchor, is one of six national parks in Senegal. It is currently closed.

History

The park was created in 1970.

Characteristics

It encompasses an area of 5000 hectares.

The main biotopes are Guinean forests and savannah woodlands.

Fauna

There are 200 species of birds and 50 species of mammals, including African Forest Buffalo, leopard, Campbell's Mona Monkey, Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby, and Western Red Colobus.

Tourism

The site is located 20 kilometers from Cap Skirring Airport.

Because of the Casamance Conflict, the park, possibly mined, has been closed to visitors for several years.

See also

• List of national parks and nature reserves of Senegal
• Tourism in Senegal
• Environment of Senegal

References

• André-Roger Dupuy (January–March 1971). "Le Parc national de Basse-Casamance au Sénégal". Bulletin du Poste scientifique hors-Siège de l'UNESCO pour l'Afrique (in French) (Nairobi) VI (1): 23–27. 
• André-Roger Dupuy (May–June 1971). "Le Parc national de Basse-Casamance, nouveau sanctuaire naturel de la République du Sénégal". Science et Nature (in French) (105): 16–21. 
• André-Roger Dupuy (October 1971). "Le Parc national de Basse-Casamance". Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire. A (in French) (Sénégal). XXXIII (4): 1029–1036. ISSN 0018-9634. 
• André-Roger Dupuy (January 1973). "Premier inventaire des mammifères du Parc national de Basse Casamance". Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire. A (in French) (Sénégal) XXXV (1): 186–197. ISSN 0018-9634. 
• Jean Larivière; André-Roger Dupuy (1978). Sénégal : Ses parcs, ses animaux (in French). Paris: Fernand Nathan. p. 144. OCLC 461810927. 
• Jacques Verschuren. "Les Parcs Nationaux, joyaux du Sénégal". Zoo (in French) 41 (4): 150–157. ISSN 0044-5029. 
• Claude Marius (1979). Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire. A (in French) 41 (4): 669–691. ISSN 0018-9634.  Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Protected Areas and World Heritage Programme
• (French) Parks and reserves