Ngiri Triangle Природный заповедник

ННГИРИ Резерв
ННГИРИ Резерв
IUCN Категория VI (охраняемая область с устойчивым использованием природных ресурсов)
	Место в ДРК
Ближайший город	Мбандака
Координаты	0 ° 20′24 ″ S 18 ° 07′16 ″ E / 0,340 ° S 18,121 ° E
Area	1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi)
Established	2011

Резерв Нгири является охраняемой областью Демократической Республики Конго (ДРК). Он расположен в западной провинции Экватеру , на территориях Бомонго , Бикоро и Маканза , и охватывает общую площадь 1000 квадратных километров (390 кв. Миль). Он простирается на север от слияния реки Конго и реки Убанги . ^{[ 1 ]} Согласно Всемирному фонду природы (WWF), резерв сохранит биоразнообразие и экосистему в треугольнике Нгири. ^{[ 2 ]}

История

Впервые было предложено превратить Треугольник Нгири, область между реками Убанги, Конго и Нгири , в резерв в 1975 году, но проект не мог быть завершен. Проект был возрожден WWF в контексте ландшафтного проекта Lake Tele - Lake Tumba , из которого водно-болотные угодья Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe является частью DRC. Было предложено, чтобы новый резерв был МСКН категория VI. ^{[ 3 ]}

In August 2010, the Cooperation Agreement between the governments of the Republic of the Congo and the DRC on the Lake Tele - Lake Tumba landscape provided for creation of the Ngiri reserve as well the Mabali scientific reserve in addition to the Tumba-Lediima Nature Reserve in the DRC and the Lake Télé Community Reserve in the Republic of the Congo.^[4] The Ngiri reserve was created by a decree of the Ministry of Environment in March 2011, with the participation of WWF.^[1]

Environment

The reserve is mostly covered by swamp forest, and contains many streams and rivers. The Ngiri River flows from north to south through the center of the reserve before joining the Ubangi. A wide zone bordering the Ngiri consists of alternating marshy grassland-savanna, swamp forests and seasonally flooded forests. The savanna is burned in the dry season. At other times it is flooded. Common tree species are Entandrophragma palustre, Coelocaryon botryoides, Uapaca heudelotii, Guibourtia demeusei and Oubanguia africana. Rainfall is relatively constant throughout the year, averaging 1,770 millimetres (70 in), but is slightly heavier from August to October and lighter in April and May.^[5] The Ubangi and Ngiri water levels are highest from September to November, while the Congo has highest water levels from October to December.

The reserve is a breeding ground for large numbers of water birds, particularly purple herons, reed cormorants and African darters. During the low-water periods rosy bee-eaters and African river martins breed in the reserve. It is the only location in the DRC where Congo sunbirds have been found. Vulnerable African bush elephants are present, and Allen's swamp monkeys are thought to be present.^[5]

The region has a very sparse human population engaged mainly in fishing and hunting. Most settlements are near to Bomongo, the only town in the reserve. The capital of Équateur province, Mbandaka, lies to the south of the reserve where the Tshuapa River enters the Congo from the east.^[5]

References

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Equateur: une nouvelle réserve naturelle dans le triangle de la Ngiri". Radio Okapi (in French). March 11, 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
^ "Préserver le triangle de Ngiri" (in French). WWF. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
^ Bila-Isia Inogwabini. "Fiche descriptive sur les zones humides Ramsar (FDR)- version 2006-2008" (PDF) (in French). WWF RDC. Retrieved 2012-01-30.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Accord de coopération entre les gouvernements de la République démocratique du Congo et la République du Congo relatif à la mise en place de la binationale lac Télé - lac Tumba" (PDF) (in French). COMMISSION DES FORETS D'AFMOUE CENTRALE. 5 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Ngiri". BirdLife International. Retrieved 2012-01-30.

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