"Situated in the north-western Congo Basin, where Cameroon, the Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic meet, the site encompasses three contiguous national parks totalling more than 750,000 hectares. Much of the site is unaffected by human activity and it features a wide range of humid tropical forest ecosystems with rich flora and fauna, including Nile Crocodiles and Goliath Tigerfish, a large predator. Forest clearings support herbaceous species and Sangha is home to considerable populations of forest elephants, critically endangered Western Lowland Gorilla, and endangered chimpanzee. The site’s environment has preserved the continuation of ecological and evolutionary processes on a huge scale and great biodiversity, including many endangered animal species.
1) Parc National de Nouabalé-Ndoki - Republic of Congo
2) Parc National de Lobeké – Cameroon
3)Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki – Central African Republic
Source: UNESCO World Heritage"
Postcard 1 - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Dzanga-Ndoki National Park has several intact populations of key forest fauna including the Western Lowland Gorilla, African Forest Elephant, chimpanzee, Giant forest hog, Red River Hog, sitatunga, endangered Bongo, African Forest Buffalo, and six species of duiker. This postcard from Central African Republic shows the African Forest Elephant, Giant forest hog and Bongo.Thanks so much to Chris who went to CAR and Cameroun. Postcard was mailed from Bangui, CAR on March 12, 2009 and arrived in Penang, Malaysia on April 2, 2009.
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