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State of Conservation (SOC)

Niokolo-Koba National Park (1993)

UNESCO Extra-Budgetary Funds
International Assistance granted to the property

Requests Approved: 0 (from1982-1991)
Total Amount Ap proved: 107,845USD

1991   Purchase of 2 all-terrain vehicles to improve patrolling within ...   45,000  USD
1990   Consultancy services for environmental and socio-economic impact ...   20,000  USD
1986   Additional cost of radios ordered in 1985 for Niokolo-Koba ...   6,196  USD
1985   Purchase of 4 portable radios for protection programme for ...   9,618  USD
1982   Vehicles, camping equipment and radio communication material for ...   27,031  USD
Missions**
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports

Road project; Poaching; Management issues

Corrective Measures
Current conservation issues

The Bureau recalled that at its sixteenth session in July 1992 it had requested IUCN to provide a report on the progress in the implementation of measures to mitigate environmental impacts of a road construction project in this Park. The Representative of IUCN informed the Bureau that the University of Dakar, Senegal, had undertaken an independent assessment of the implementation of mitigation measures and that the findings of this study had been validated by the Regional Representative of IUCN for West Africa. The Bureau was pleased to note that the study had found the implementation of mitigation measures to be satisfactory and the impacts on the Park to be minimal. However, the Bureau noted that the implementation of the road construction project had caused a number of concerns, particularly the wider impacts due to the presence of a new transportation corridor traversing the region, which were not originally foreseen. The Bureau commended the Senegalese National Park authorities to report on the long-term future of the Park, and to elaborated strategies which would become part of a major project for ensuring the future of the Park. A donors' meeting, co-sponsored by the Senegalese National Park authorities and IUCN's Regional Office for West Africa was scheduled for 28 June 1993.

At this point in time we have not received a report on the results of this meeting. IUCN will provide a report on the progress of the state of conservation and the implementation of projects concerning the Niokolo-Koba National Park.

Conclusion
Decision

  • Adopted

  • Draft Decision

17COMX
Link to the decision

Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal)

The Representative of IUCN informed the Committee that the road project was almost completed and that the University of Dakar had finished an environmental assessment study on the impacts of the road construction. A donors' round table was held in June and has led to a project supported by the French Government for the future management of the Park. The Centre was requested to transmit the Committee's views to the appropriate authorities in Senegal and to be kept informed about the long-term effects of the improved road access on the Park. In the light of the fortieth anniversary of the Park in 1994, the Centre was asked to collaborate with the Park authorities in marking this event.

 

No draft Decision

Niokolo-Koba National Park
State Party:
Senegal
Date of Inscription: 1981
Nomination records (Year): 1980
Category: Natural
Criteria: (x)
Exports
Word File
SOC Reports (year)
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
1993
1992
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
Threats*
  • Ground transport infrastructure
  • Illegal activities
  • Management systems/ management plan
  • Other Threats:
Documents
WHC.93/CONF.002/05
Other Documents:
View inscribed site documents, nomination file, reports, decisions, ...
SOC ID: 1737
Inscription on the Danger List
Year: 2007
Threats to the Site:

a)         Poaching;

b)         Livestock grazing.


* : The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).

** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.