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Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua
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Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua

奥扎拉-科科阿森林高地

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World Heritage record

This property is an excellent example, at an exceptionally large-scale, of the process of post-glacial forest recolonization of savanna ecosystems. It is therefore ecologically significant as a convergence point of multiple ecosystem types (Congolese Forest, Lower Guinean Forest and Savanna). The broad range of age classifications across the forest succession spectrum contributes to the park’s highly distinct ecology, incorporating a broad range of remarkable ecological processes. It is one of the most important strongholds for forest elephants in Central Africa, and is recognized as the park with the richest primate diversity in the region.

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QIDQ263883

Inception1935

Area13546 ha

Administrative areaQ125711

WikipediaOdzala-Kokoua National Park

Chinese Wikipedia奧扎拉國家公園

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ix)Outstanding ecological and biological processes in the evolution of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems.
(x)The most important natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity.

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Brief synthesis The Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua (FMOK) is the largest protected area in the transition zone between the Atlantic or Lower Guinean region and the Congolese region (1,179,376 ha), with, however, a preponderance of Lower Guinean affinities.

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