Reserve sylvo-pastorale et partial de faune du Sahel

Dune of Oursi with a view of Tin Hedia , in the foreground Leptadenia pyrotechnica

Tiger bush in the Sahel of Burkina Faso.

The Réserve sylvo-pastorale et partial de faune du Sahel is the largest nature reserve in Burkina Faso with around 16,000 km² . Large parts are intensively grazed despite the official protection status, but there are still relatively little used areas with tiger bush and old dunes in the northwest of the protected area. Within the nature reserve there are temporary lakes ( Mare d'Oursi , Mare de Yomboli , Mare de Kissi ) that are important for migratory birds. 354 species of higher plants are known, about half of them therophytes . The most common types of wood include Acacia tortilis , Balanites aegyptiaca , Guiera senegalensis , Combretum glutinosum and Combretum micranthum .

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1. ↑ Müller, JV (2003): On the vegetation ecology of the savannah landscapes in the Sahel of Burkina Faso . Dissertation JWGoethe University Frankfurt. 218 pp.
2. ↑ Schmidt, M .; King, K .; Müller, JV (2008) Modeling species richness and life form composition in Sahelian Burkina Faso with remote sensing data. Journal of Arid Environments 72: 1506-1517.
3. ^ Schmidt, M. (2006): Plant diversity in Burkina Faso - analysis, modeling and documentation . Dissertation JWGoethe University Frankfurt. 188 p. ( Pdf )

Web links

• African Protected Areas Report
• World Database on Protected Areas
• Projet de Partenariat pour l'Améloration de la Gestion des Ecosystèmes Naturels au Burkina Faso

Coordinates: 14 ° 42 ′  N , 0 ° 18 ′  W