Nature reserves in Lesotho

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National status of the main protected areas:
Green pog.svgNational Park
Yellow pog.svgOther protected areas

According to the IUCN, nature reserves in Lesotho only take up 0.26 percent of the land area.

Protected areas

Surname Size (km²) proclamation particularities National status IUCN category location
Bokong nature reserve 19.72 proposed as a biosphere reserve 29 ° 4 ′ 8.4 ″  S , 28 ° 25 ′ 30 ″  E
Botanical Garden 0.015
Lets'eng-la-letsie 4.34 2004 Ramsar area 30 ° 18 ′ 35.2 "  S , 28 ° 9 ′ 56.4"  E
Liphofung memorial and reserve 0.04
Masitise nature reserve 0.2
Muela nature reserve 0.45
Sehlabathebe National Park 64.75-69.52 1970 UNESCO World Heritage since 2013 National park IV (National Park) 29 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  S , 29 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  E
Ts'ehlanyane National Park 6324.02
and 53, respectively		 proposed as a biosphere reserve National park
nature reserve		 29 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  S , 28 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  E

See also

literature

  • Donald N. McVean: Nature Conservation in Lesotho , International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Morges / Switzerland, 1997. ( available online )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lesotho, Africa. Protectedplanet / IUCN. Accessed June 4, 2019. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f 2017 Environment Report. Bureau of Statistics, 2017, p. 20.
  3. ↑ a b Govt nominates biosphere reserves. In: Sunday Express , March 13, 2018. (English)