Lobéké National Park
National park in Cameroon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lobéké National Park (alternate: Lake Lobake National Park) is a national park of southeastern Cameroon within the Moloundou Arrondissement of East Province.[1] Located in the Congo Basin, it is bounded on the east by the Sangha River which serves as Cameroon's international border with Central African Republic and the Republic of the Congo.[2] It is adjacent to two other reserves in the CAR and Congo. To the northwest is Boumba Bek National Park, another national park in Cameroon's East Province.[3]
Lobéké National Park | |
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Location | Cameroon |
Coordinates | 2°15′N 15°45′E |
Area | 2178 km2 |
Established | October 1999 |
Governing body | Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC) |
In a conference of the Ministers of Forests of Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC), it had been resolved to establish within the Congo basin, the Sangha River Tri-national Protected area (STN) encompassing the Dzanga Sangha Special Reserve in the Central African Republic, which incorporates the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) and the Lobéké National Park in Cameroon.[4]