Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve
The Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve (French: Réserves naturelles de l'Aïr et du Ténéré) is a national nature reserve in Niger. It includes several overlapping reserve designations, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It covers both the eastern half of the Aïr Mountains and the western sections of the Ténéré desert. It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area.[1]
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
 'Montagnes bleus' in Aïr | |
| Location | Aïr Mountains, Ténéré, Arlit Department, Niger |
| Includes |
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| Criteria | Natural: (vii), (ix), (x) |
| Reference | 573 |
| Inscription | 1991 (15th Session) |
| Endangered | 1992 – |
| Area | 7,736,000 ha (29,870 sq mi) |
| Website | http://www.cons-dev.org/consdev/niger/PARCAIR/ParcAir.html |
| Coordinates | 18°N 9°E |
  Aïr & Ténéré Natural Reserves in Niger | |
The Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves UNESCO World Heritage Site was established in 1991, and designated as a site in danger in 1992. It was designated under criteria vii, ix, x, and is designated #573. The entire reserve covers 77,360 square kilometres (29,870 sq mi), which made it the second largest nature reserve in Africa, and the fourth largest in the world.[2]
UNESCO's Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves include two parts:
- Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve
- IUCN type IV[3]
- Established 1 January 1988
- 64,560 km²
- Aïr and Ténéré Addax Sanctuary
- Strict Nature Reserve IUCN type Ia
- Established 1 January 1988
- 12,800 km²
References
- BirdLife International. (2013). Important Bird Areas factsheet: NNR Aïr – Ténéré. retrieved 3 October 2013.
- Africa's Second largest nature preserve established, Conservation Biology, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar., 1989), p. 16
- nep-wcmc site record
- Jennifer Talbot. The Tuareg People and the Air Tenere Conservation and Development Project, Niger, West Africa. POPULATION-ENVIRONMENT DYNAMICS:TRANSITIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY, University of Michigan, 1998.
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