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Fosse Aux Lions National Park
Fosse aux Lions National Park (french: Parc National Fosse aux Lions) is a national park in the Savanes Region, Togo, Savanes Region of Northern Togo. The park is approximately in size, and was first established as a reserved forest in 1954. At one point, the park was home to a significant number of African elephants in the 1970s and 1980s, but their numbers have declined to nearly zero. , Togo Ministry of the Environment & Forest Resources and US Fish & Wildlife Service, May 2003 The small town of Tandjouaré, Togo lies within the park. References National parks of Togo Protected areas established in 1954 IUCN Category II Savanes Region, Togo {{Africa-protected-area-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Park
A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of 'wild nature' for posterity and as a symbol of national pride. The United States established the first "public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people", Yellowstone National Park, in 1872. Although Yellowstone was not officially termed a "national park" in its establishing law, it was always termed such in practice and is widely held to be the first and oldest national park in the world. However, the Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve (in what is now Trinidad and Tobago; established in 1776), and the area surrounding Bogd Khan Uul Mountain (Mongolia, 1778), which were restricted from cultivation in order to pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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