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Niokolo-Koba National Park in Senegal has been added to the list of World Heritage at risk from environmental threat by the World Heritage Committee of United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

After carrying out reviews on the state of conservation of 830 heritage site, the committee, in New Zealand’s city of Christchurch, reached a final decision of including senegal’s safari park.

Niokolo-Koba National Park, located in Senegal’s eastern region is enormously threatened by the upcoming plan to construct a power dam on river Gambia, a few miles upstream from the park in addition to continuous poaching by the residents of the area. The uncontrolled regions bordering the 913,000 hectare park are affected by human activity leaving the park at risk.

This Park borders the Republic of Guinea to the southeast, is domicile to a diversity wildlife embracing the chimpanzees, elephants, antelopes, lions, species of monkeys, numerous reptiles that have been forced to migrate to adjoining Guinea to run away from drought in parts on this conservation area.

Lately, a few of the large savanna birds such as the Grand Abyssinia hornbill are the main safari attraction apart from a small number of spotted hyenas, hippos and wondering lions that are seen on a tour to this park.

UNESCO also included Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, on this list. The 19 islands located in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,000 km from the continent of South America, which form Galapagos Islands and the marine reserve neighborhood, comprise evolutions similar to a living museum and laboratory.
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