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List of protected areas of South Sudan. The protected areas of South Sudan include national parks, game reserves, forest reserves, nature conservation areas, and bird sanctuaries. Protected areas cover 15.5% of the country's land area.
Area. 22,800 km 2 (8,800 sq mi) Established. 1977. Boma National Park is a protected area in eastern South Sudan near the Ethiopian border. It was established in 1977 and covers 22,800 km 2 (8,800 sq mi) of grasslands and floodplains. [1] The park is in the Somali-Maasai and Sudano-Guinean biomes. The southern part of the park has extensive ...
5.0 square kilometres (500 ha) Established. 1939. Governing body. South Sudan National Wildlife Service (SSWS) The Bire Kpatuos Game Reserve is a protected area in South Sudan, Africa. The 5.0 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi) [1] tropical forest habitat features key species of Bongo and Yellow-backed Duiker. [2] The reserve is close to the point ...
Ez Zeraf Game Reserve is a 8,000.0 square kilometres (800,000 ha) protected area in northern South Sudan. It was designated in 1939 when the area was within Sudan. [1] Located within the Sudd Ramsar site, Ez Zeraf is an IUCN Category VI site with mostly seasonally flooded grassland and woodland landscape. [2]
The total area under protection is around 143,000 km 2 (55,000 sq mi) spread over 23 protected areas which account for 15% of the South Sudanese territory. The largest protected area is the Sudd Wetland, which is an important bird life area covering 57,000 km 2 (22,000 sq mi).
Lantoto National Park is a protected area in Central Equatoria, South Sudan . The park has an area of 760 km 2 (290 sq mi) and is predominantly woodland, forest and open glades. The park was named by the Sudan's central government in the Wildlife Act of 1986 and Wildlife Conservation and National Parks Act of 2003.
620 km 2 (240 sq mi) Established. 1985. The Shambe National Park is a national park in South Sudan, located on the west bank of the White Nile. [2] It was established in 1985 and extends over an area of 620 km 2 (240 sq mi). [3] The national game park is in the remote area of Adior payam and extend southward to Kenisa in Malek payam near ...
South Sudan National Wildlife Service (SSWS) The Kidepo Game Reserve is a protected area located in Ikotos and Budi counties, Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan, Africa. With an area of 1200 km 2, [1] this reserve is located 4° 04'N and 33° 28'E on the South Sudan/Uganda border, where it forms a contiguous ecosystem with Uganda's Kidepo ...