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Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia. This is a list of national parks in Africa.The nature of the parks varies considerably not only between countries but also within some nations - the degree of protection, accessibility and type of environment for which it is intended to deliver protection.
Sketch map of Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park is a 35,000 km 2 peace park that is in the process of being formed. It will link the Limpopo National Park (formerly known as Coutada 16) in Mozambique, Kruger National Park in South Africa, Gonarezhou National Park, Manjinji Pan Sanctuary and Malipati Safari Area in Zimbabwe, as well as the area between Kruger ...
The Peace Park Foundation, founded in 1997 by Dr Anton Rupert, President Nelson Mandela and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, is an organisation that aims to re-establish, renew and conserve large ecosystems in Africa, transcending man-made boundaries by creating regionally integrated and sustainably managed networks of Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs).
South African National Parks (SANParks) is the body responsible for managing South Africa's national parks. SANParks was formed in 1926, and currently manages 19 parks consisting of 3,751,113 hectares (37,511.13 km 2 ), [ 3 ] over 3% of the total area of South Africa.
African Parks relocated 70 elephants from Liwonde National Park and Mangochi Forest Reserve to a 140-square-kilometre (54 sq mi) fenced sanctuary within Majete in mid-2006. [2] [11] More elephants were relocated in 2008 and 2009. In 2012, two male and two female lions were translocated from South Africa, but one female died during the relocation.
It was established on 6 March 2009 by amalgamating the existing Tsitsikamma and Wilderness National Parks, the Knysna National Lake Area, and various other areas of state-owned land. [ 1 ] The park covers about 1,210 km 2 (470 sq mi) of land; of this, about 685 km 2 (264 sq mi) was already part of the predecessor national parks.
1 National parks. 2 Faunal reserves. 3 Nature reserves. 4 Other ... The country of the Central African Republic in Africa has the following national parks and other ...
It was formed in 2003 by combining the Namibian ǀAi-ǀAis Hot Springs Game Park and the South African Richtersveld National Park. Most of the South African part of the park forms part of the buffer zone of the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site, which measures 5,920 square kilometres (2,290 sq mi). [2]