W-Arly-Pendjari Complex

124385 WDPA ID
14948.31 km² Reported Area

Type Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas

Location Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger

Attributes

  • Original Name Complexe W-Arly-Pendjari
  • English Designation World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
  • IUCN Management Category Not Applicable
  • Status Inscribed
  • Type of Designation International
  • Status Year 1996
  • Sublocation NE-6
  • Governance Type Federal or national ministry or agency
  • Management Authority Direction de la Faune, de la Chasse et des Parcs et Réserves (DFC/PR) et Unité de Gestion de l'Aire Protégée (UGAP)
  • Management Plan Management plan is implented and available
  • International Criteria (ix)(x)

Management Effectiveness Evaluations

  • Enhancing Our Heritage 2009
  • WH Outlook Report 2014

Affiliations

Sources (1)

  1. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2021 IUCN World Heritage Programme

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citation

UNEP-WCMC (2024). Protected Area Profile for W-Arly-Pendjari Complex from the World Database on Protected Areas, March 2024. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net