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Mbarizunga Game Reserve

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Mbarizunga Game Reserve
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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LocationSouth Sudan
Coordinates4°24′13.1″N 28°16′33.8″E / 4.403639°N 28.276056°E / 4.403639; 28.276056
Area10.0 square kilometres (1,000 ha)
Established1939
Governing bodySouth Sudan National Wildlife Service (SSWS)

The Mbarizunga Game Reserve is found in South Sudan. It was established in 1939. This site covers 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi).

Flora and fauna

Chimpanzees were thought to occur at this site; however, there is no recent information on the occurrence of chimpanzees at this site (Department of Wildlife Management 1982). The tropical forest habitat features key species of Bongo, bushbuck, and Yellow-backed Duiker.

References

  1. "Mbarizunga". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  2. World Database on Protected Areas
  3. Mbarizunga European Commission Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) Explorer
  4. United Nations Environment Programme (2007). Sudan: post-conflict environmental assessment. UNEP/Earthprint. pp. 261, 263–. ISBN 978-92-807-2702-9. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  • Department of Wildlife Management (1982) Wildlife Information Booklet. Democratic Republic of the Sudan, Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism, Southern Region. Cited in: Lee, P.C., Thornback, J., Bennett, E.L. (1988) Threatened Primates of Africa. The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Protected areas of South Sudan
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