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384:, Salonga National Park protects the largest rainforest in Africa and the second largest in the world. The large size and ecological complexity of this rainforest has allowed species and communities to evolve relatively undisturbed. As a result, the national park protects a highly biodiverse and unique ecosystem. Of 735 identified plant species in the southwestern part of the park, 85% rely on animals to disperse their seeds, a process called
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372:, a religious sect who installed them-self in the park just after its creation. An intense collaboration exists between the park guards and the Iyaelima, as Iyaelima villages are used as guard posts. It is known that bonobo densities are highest around Iyaelima villages which shows that they cause no threat to the park's emblematic species.
407:. The southern region has been the location for studies of bonobos in the wild. There are much higher populations of bonobos near the Iyaelima settlements than elsewhere in the park, apparently because the Iyaelima do not harm them and are playing a strong role in their conservation. Despite hunting pressure, a viable population of
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317:. There are no roads and most of the park is accessible only by river. Sections of the national park are almost completely inaccessible and have never been systematically explored. The southern region inhabited by the
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Beaune, David; Bretagnolle, François; Bollache, Loïc; Hohmann, Gottfried; Surbeck, Martin; Fruth, Barbara (2012). "Seed dispersal strategies and the threat of defaunation in a Congo forest".
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Mulotwa, M.; Louette, M.; Dudu, A.; Upoki, A.; Fuller, R. A. (2010). "Congo
Peafowl use both primary and old regenerating forest in Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of The Congo".
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since 2015. Extensive consultation is ongoing, with the two main populations living within the park; the
Iyaelima, the last remaining residents of the park and the
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The
Salonga National Park was established as the Tshuapa National Park in 1956, and gained its present boundaries with a 1970 presidential decree by President
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for its protection of a large swath of relatively intact rainforest and its important habitat for many rare species. In 1999, the site has been listed as
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to the Congo Basin and the national bird of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, lives in both the primary and secondary forests within the park.
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687:"The Wilderness Myth: How the Failure of the American National Park Model Threatens the Survival of the Iyaelima Tribe and the Bonobo Chimpanzee"
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and housing construction. Following the improvement in its state of conservation, the site was removed from the endangered list in 2021.
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Salonga National Park to its confluence with the
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932:"Fishes of the Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo: survey and conservation issues"
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reserve covering about 36,000 km or 3,600,000 hectares (8,900,000 acres). It extends into the
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CERDI-BAS (2016), Etude Stratégique des populations résidentes dans le parc national de la
Salonga
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in 1984. Due to the civil war in the eastern half of the country, it was added to the
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Many large mammals are found within the park at relatively high densities, including
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601:"World Heritage Committee Adds Four Sites to the List of World Heritage in Danger"
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847:"Why the Bonobos Need a Radio and Other (Unlikely) Lessons From Deepest Congo"
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56 fish species have been identified in the park, including the catfishes
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325:, which flows through the center and northern parts of the park, and the
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Van
Krunkelsven, Ellen; lsia, Inogwabini Bila; Draulans, Dirk (2009).
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Other than bonobo, park is home to several species primates such as
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There are many bird species present within the park, including the
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l'Institut
Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN)
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World
Heritage Sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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The park is in an area of rainforest about halfway between
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National parks of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Earth Jurisprudence and Environmental Justice Journal
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National park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature
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View of a river in the Salonga National Park in 2005
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1138:National Parks of the Democratic Republic of Congo
286:. In 1984, the national park was inscribed on the
979:The bonobos: behavior, ecology, and conservation
720:The bonobos: behavior, ecology, and conservation
976:Furuichi, Takeshi; Thompson, Jo Myers (2008).
717:Furuichi, Takeshi; Thompson, Jo Myers (2008).
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1097:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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133:36,000 km (14,000 sq mi)
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441:Other mammals in the park include the
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1230:Protected areas established in 1970
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1007:UNESCO Salonga National Park Site
1053:Democratic Republic of the Congo
812:10.1046/j.1365-3008.2000.00117.x
545:are also found within the park.
355:List of World Heritage in Danger
349:. It was registered as a UNESCO
256:Democratic Republic of the Congo
87:Democratic Republic of the Congo
68:
61:
45:
599:Centre, UNESCO World Heritage.
136:
1235:World Heritage Sites in Danger
930:Inogwabini, Bila-Isia (2005).
360:The park is co-managed by the
262:basin. It is Africa's largest
1:
1240:1970 establishments in Africa
1002:Wildlife Conservation Society
749:Biodiversity and Conservation
380:Located in the center of the
909:10.2989/00306525.2010.455811
660:"Relation: Salonga (380844)"
605:UNESCO World Heritage Centre
578:UNESCO World Heritage Centre
524:, a threatened bird species
248:Parc National de la Salonga
25:Parc national de la Salonga
1266:
1069:Kahuzi-Biega National Park
543:slender-snouted crocodiles
366:World Wide Fund for Nature
162:UNESCO World Heritage Site
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949:10.1017/S003060530500013X
761:10.1007/s10531-012-0416-x
723:. Springer. p. 239.
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874:"Salonga National Park"
574:"Salonga National Park"
538:Synodontis nigriventris
428:golden-bellied mangabey
397:black-crested mangabeys
1098:
1074:Okapi Wildlife Reserve
411:survive in the park.
321:is accessible via the
1096:
1084:Virunga National Park
1079:Salonga National Park
1064:Garamba National Park
685:Hopson, Mark (2011).
420:Thollon's red colobus
240:Salonga National Park
22:Salonga National Park
1049:World Heritage Sites
1012:WCMC Site Data Sheet
487:yellow-backed duiker
459:spotted-necked otter
455:Congo clawless otter
443:long-tailed pangolin
424:Allen's swamp monkey
851:National Geographic
845:Falk, John (2008).
518:yellow-billed stork
351:World Heritage Site
313:, the capital, and
291:World Heritage List
264:tropical rainforest
146:Governing body
110: /
1245:Old-growth forests
1099:
533:Clarias buthupogon
475:African golden cat
438:, dwarf bushbaby.
329:in the south. The
200:Reference no.
1250:Congolian forests
1202:
1201:
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989:978-0-387-74785-9
730:978-0-387-74785-9
640:Missing or empty
463:Angolan kusimanse
432:red-tailed monkey
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1215:IUCN Category II
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409:forest elephants
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393:Bongo antelopes
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319:Iyaelima people
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471:hippopotamus
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370:Kitawalistes
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335:Busira River
323:Lokoro River
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880:20 December
514:black stork
483:blue duiker
382:Congo Basin
260:Congo River
138:Established
117: /
93:Coordinates
1209:Categories
1159:Kundelungu
669:2021-03-21
610:2022-03-24
549:References
541:. African
327:Lula River
295:endangered
272:Mai Ndombe
221:Endangered
185:Designated
1174:Mangroves
958:0030-6053
821:0030-6053
769:0960-3115
491:sitatunga
357:in 1999.
315:Kisangani
305:Geography
268:provinces
225:1999–2021
917:84628639
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777:17600509
633:cite web
495:bushbuck
401:leopards
386:zoochory
364:and the
311:Kinshasa
299:poaching
276:Equateur
177:Criteria
114:2°S 21°E
83:Location
1194:Virunga
1184:Salonga
1149:Garamba
1051:in the
969:Sources
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897:Ostrich
584:13 June
526:endemic
405:bonobos
376:Ecology
341:History
297:due to
284:Sankuru
254:in the
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192:session
180:vii, ix
172:Natural
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288:UNESCO
244:French
214:Africa
210:Region
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1169:Maiko
913:S2CID
825:S2CID
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436:Potto
280:Kasaï
190:(8th
188:1984
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