🌲 Ivindo National Park

Gabon · Africa · National Park · 0.09°N, 12.63°E

Ivindo National Park is a national park in east-central Gabon in Central Africa, straddling the border of the Ogooué-Ivindo and Ogooué-Lolo provinces. Its creation was announced in August 2002 by then-President Omar Bongo at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg, along with Gabon's 12 other terrestrial national parks. Most famous for the spectacular Kongou and Mingouli waterfalls of the Ivindo River, known as the “wonders of Ivindo”, the park also includes the Ipassa Makokou Biosphere Reserve and Langoué Baï, one of the 5 most important forest clearings in Central Africa. The park was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021 for its outstanding biodiversity and relatively intact tropical forest ecosystem.

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Quick facts

Country	Gabon
Continent / region	Africa
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	0.09°N, 12.63°E · view on map

Ivindo National Park is a national park in Gabon, in Africa. The details of why Ivindo National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Gabon

Batéké Plateau National Park · Birougou National Park · Mayumba National Park · Akanda National Park · Waka National Park · Crystal Mountains National Park · Moukalaba-Doudou National Park · Ipassa Makokou Biosphere Reserve · Pongara National Park · Lopé National Park.

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