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Natural
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Mixed
Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1988 Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park CF N AFR 1,740,000 475
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * CI N AFR 17,540 155
1979 Virunga National Park # CD N AFR 800,000 63
1980 Kahuzi-Biega National Park CD N AFR 600,000 137
1980 Garamba National Park CD N AFR 500,000 136
1996 Okapi Wildlife Reserve CD N AFR 1,372,625 718
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * GN N AFR 17,540 155
1997 Lake Turkana National Parks KE N AFR 161,485 801
2007 Rainforests of the Atsinanana MG N AFR 479,661 1257
1991 Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves NE N AFR 7,736,000 573
1981 Niokolo-Koba National Park SN N AFR 913,000 153
1982 Selous Game Reserve TZ N AFR 5,120,000 199

*: transboundary property

#: 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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