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Year | Name of the property | Country | Type | Region | Property (ha) | ID |
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1991 | Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves | NE | N | AFR | 7,736,000 | 573 |
1982 | Aldabra Atoll | SC | N | AFR | 35,000 | 185 |
1990 | Andrefana Dry Forests | MG | N | AFR | 734,298 | 494 |
2023 | Bale Mountains National Park | ET | N | AFR | 215,000 | 111 |
2018 | Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains | ZA | N | AFR | 113,137 | 1575 |
1994 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | UG | N | AFR | 32,092 | 682 |
2004 | Cape Floral Region Protected Areas | ZA | N | AFR | 1,094,742 | 1007 |
1983 | Comoé National Park | CI | N | AFR | 0 | 227 |
1987 | Dja Faunal Reserve | CM | N | AFR | 526,000 | 407 |
1981 | Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary | SN | N | AFR | 16,000 | 25 |
2023 | Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua | CG | N | AFR | 1,179,376 | 692 |
1980 | Garamba National Park | CD | N | AFR | 500,000 | 136 |
1999 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | ZA | N | AFR | 239,566 | 914 |
2021 | Ivindo National Park | GA | N | AFR | 298,758 | 1653 |
1980 | Kahuzi-Biega National Park | CD | N | AFR | 600,000 | 137 |
2011 | Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley | KE | N | AFR | 32,034 | 1060 |
1987 | Kilimanjaro National Park | TZ | N | AFR | 75,575 | 403 |
1984 | Lake Malawi National Park | MW | N | AFR | 9,400 | 289 |
1997 | Lake Turkana National Parks | KE | N | AFR | 161,485 | 801 |
2012 | Lakes of Ounianga | TD | N | AFR | 62,808 | 1400 |
1984 | Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas | ZW | N | AFR | 676,600 | 302 |
1988 | Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park | CF | N | AFR | 1,740,000 | 475 |
1989 | Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # * | ZW | N | AFR | 6,860 | 509 |
1989 | Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # * | ZM | N | AFR | 6,860 | 509 |
1997 | Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest | KE | N | AFR | 202,334 | 800 |
1981 | Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * | GN | N | AFR | 17,540 | 155 |
1981 | Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * | CI | N | AFR | 17,540 | 155 |
2013 | Namib Sand Sea | NA | N | AFR | 3,077,700 | 1430 |
1981 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | SN | N | AFR | 913,000 | 153 |
2023 | Nyungwe National Park | RW | N | AFR | 101,964 | 1697 |
1996 | Okapi Wildlife Reserve | CD | N | AFR | 1,372,625 | 718 |
2014 | Okavango Delta | BW | N | AFR | 2,023,590 | 1432 |
2007 | Rainforests of the Atsinanana | MG | N | AFR | 479,661 | 1257 |
1994 | Rwenzori Mountains National Park | UG | N | AFR | 99,600 | 684 |
1984 | Salonga National Park | CD | N | AFR | 3,600,000 | 280 |
2012 | Sangha Trinational * | CG | N | AFR | 746,309 | 1380 |
2012 | Sangha Trinational * | CM | N | AFR | 746,309 | 1380 |
2012 | Sangha Trinational * | CF | N | AFR | 746,309 | 1380 |
1982 | Selous Game Reserve | TZ | N | AFR | 5,120,000 | 199 |
1981 | Serengeti National Park | TZ | N | AFR | 1,476,300 | 156 |
1978 | Simien National Park | ET | N | AFR | 13,600 | 9 |
1982 | Taï National Park | CI | N | AFR | 508,186 | 195 |
1983 | Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve | SC | N | AFR | 20 | 261 |
1979 | Virunga National Park # | CD | N | AFR | 800,000 | 63 |
2005 | Vredefort Dome | ZA | N | AFR | 30,000 | 1162 |
1996 | W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * | BJ | N | AFR | 1,714,831 | 749 |
1996 | W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * | NE | N | AFR | 1,714,831 | 749 |
1996 | W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * | BF | N | AFR | 1,714,831 | 749 |
#: As for 19 Natural and Mixed Properties inscribed for geological values before 1994, criteria numbering of this property has changed. See Decision 30.COM 8D.1
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