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W-Arly-Pendjari Complex: A Transboundary Refuge for West African Wildlife

The W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (WAP Complex) is a significant transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site, spanning across the nations of Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger. Inscribed in 1996, this expansive conservation area encompasses a vast swath of the Sudano-Sahelian savannah, making it one of the largest and most crucial undisturbed regions within the West African savannah belt.

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UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site

This transnational extension (Benin, Burkina Faso) to the W National Park of Niger, inscribed in 1996 on the World Heritage List, cover a major expanse of intact Sudano-Sahelian savannah, with vegetation types including grasslands, shrub lands, wooded savannah and extensive gallery forests. It includes the largest and most important continuum of terrestrial, semi-aquatic and aquatic ecosystems in the West African savannah belt. The property is a refuge for wildlife species that have disappeared elsewhere in West Africa or are highly threatened. It is home to the largest population of elephants in West Africa and most of the large mammals typical of the region, such as the African Manatee, cheetah, lion and leopard. It also harbours the only viable population of lions in the region.

Encyclopedia Record: W-Arly-Pendjari Complex

W-Arly-Pendjari Complex, also known as the "WAP Complex", is a transboundary Natural UNESCO World Heritage Site in Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger covering:Arli National Park in Burkina Faso Pendjari National Park in Benin W National Park, shared by the three countries

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