Marahoué National Park

IUCN Category II - National Park

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The National Park Marahoué (French Parc national de la Marahoué ) is located in the center of the Ivory Coast, west of Kossoustausees, to 90 to 320 m above sea level. It was established in 1968 and is around 1,000 km ². The nearest town is Bouaflé, the capital of the region Marahoué. The Yamoussoukro Daloa Main Street represents a portion of the southwest border; the Marahoué or Bandama - Rouge River, which flows through the park to the north, forms part of the eastern boundary. The landscape is made up of valleys and hills. The annual rainfall is 1100 mm.

The vegetation consists of gallery forest, partially laubabwerfendem forest where obeche trees, various Zürgelbaumarten, Khaya grandifolia, Erythrophleum ivorense and prevail Limbabäumen and, especially in the eastern half, wooded savanna with Diospyros mespiliformis, Afzelia africana, Lophira lanceolata and Daniellia oliveri. Forest takes 73 %, a shrub land 1% of the area.

In addition to various species of monkeys, including the chimpanzee belongs, buffaloes, bongos, waterbuck, kob antelopes and lyre there should have been in the 1980 another 50 elephants here. In addition, the Marahoué National Park one Important Bird Area.

Agriculture, including slash-and- illegal logging led to the destruction or serious deterioration of the vegetation in about a quarter of the park. Poaching is a serious and widespread problem that reduced the stocks of antelope and primates. Pesticides pose a threat to some of the marshes represents a development project as part of the comprehensive the whole nation, funded by many donors program to improve the management of protected areas is carried out in Marahoué by Conservation International with the financial support of the European Union.