Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park
This park in the Central African Republic is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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HistoryEdit
The park was added to the World Heritage List in 1988. After serious problems with poachers who may have killed as much as 80% of the wildlife, the site was added to the list of World Heritage in Danger in 1997.
The NGO Africa Conservation Trust now manages the park in partnership with the CAR government.
LandscapeEdit
The park, which is in the northern part of the Central African Republic, can be divided into three main zones. In the north the Bahr Aouk and Bahr Kameur rivers help create a grassy floodplain, the central part consists of bushy or wooded savanna plains with occasional small granite inselbergs, and in the south is the Chaine des Bongo plateau.
Flora and faunaEdit
The savannahs are home to many different species: black rhinoceroses, elephants, cheetahs, leopards, wild dogs, gazelles and buffalo.
ClimateEdit
Tropical. June to November is the rainy period, the rest of the year is hot and dry with frequent grass fires.
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Stay safeEdit
The safety situation in all of the Central African Republic is highly unstable. The park has long suffered from professional poachers, many from Chad or Sudan, often equipped with automatic weapons.