Djalélo nature reserve

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Djalélo nature reserve
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location Arta region , Djibouti
surface 45 km²
WDPA ID 555577573
Geographical location 11 ° 23 '  N , 42 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 11 ° 23 '13 "  N , 42 ° 46' 53"  E
Djalélo nature reserve (Djibouti)
Djalélo nature reserve
Setup date 2011
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The nature reserve Djalélo ( French Aire naturelle protégée de Djalélo ) is a nature reserve in the East African Republic of Djibouti . Djibouti put the protected area on its list of proposals for UNESCO World Heritage in January 2015 .

description

The approximately 45 km² large nature reserve Djalélo is located in a mountain valley in the Arta region , about 40 km from the capital of the same name . The wadi at the bottom of the valley gave the protected area its name.

It is the natural habitat of the well gerenuk said gerenuk ( Litocranius walleri ), an endemic antelopes -type. The peculiarity of these animals is their ability to stand up very high. They don't eat herbs from the ground, but shoots, buds, fruits, flowers and leaves of acacias . This type of gazelle lives mainly in the region of East Africa (Djibouti, Ethiopia , Somalia and Kenya ).

The reserve is also home to more Djalélo endangered antelope species such as the Beira ( Dorcatragus megalotis ) that soemmerring's gazelle ( Nanger soemmerringii ) that Pelzeln Gazelle ( Gazella dorcas pelzelni ) and the Eritrea-Dik ( Madoqua saltiana ).

The populations of these endemic animal species and their natural habitat are increasingly being destroyed and reduced in size by anthropogenic influences such as hunting, overgrazing and the deforestation of acacia forests. For this reason, the Republic of Djibouti declared the area a nature reserve in 2011 . This legal status aims to halt the destruction of the natural habitat of endemic species, to preserve their habitat and to allow the species to reproduce protected from the effects of disruptive human activities. There is a small amount of eco-tourism within the protected area, which is organized in cooperation with the national nature conservation organization DECAN.

World Heritage Candidate

Djibouti had already ratified the World Heritage Convention on August 30, 2007 , but only entered ten sites on its tentative list on January 5, 2015 , including the Djalélo nature reserve. None of the areas registered by Djibouti has been declared a World Heritage Site (as of the end of 2019).

The responsible ministry in Djibouti (" Ministère des affaires Musulmanes, de la Culture et des biens Waqfs ") justified the proposal to enter the Djalélo reserve in the World Heritage List with the criterion (x) applicable to the area , because it is an indispensable habitat for the conservation of the giraffe gazelle and other threatened endemic antelope species.

The Djalélo reserve is comparable to the Samburu National Reserve in Kenya in terms of its biotope features and value .

Pictures of the other antelope species in the reserve

  • Eritrea Dikdik

  • Furry Gazelle

  • Sömmering gazelle

  • Beira antelope

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Unesco World Heritage Center: Aire naturelle protégée de Djalélo. In: whc.unesco.org. July 10, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b Marie Le Brun: Djalelo. In: decandjibouti.org. Retrieved December 21, 2019 (French).
  3. ↑ Decree No. 2011-0236 / PR / MHUE on the establishment of two terrestrial protected areas
  4. ↑ Djibouti. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Tentative List of Djibouti. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed December 21, 2019 .