Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

🇮🇹 Côte d'Ivoire,Guinea📅 1981 Inscribed

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Located on the borders of Guinea, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire, Mount Nimba rises above the surrounding savannah. Its slopes are covered by dense forest at the foot of grassy mountain pastures. They harbour an especially rich flora and fauna, with endemic species such as the viviparous toad and chimpanzees that use stones as tools.

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Thanks to its unique geographical and climatic location, the reserve hosts one of the most remarkable original and diverse populations of flora and fauna in West Africa and across the African continent — including chimpanzees that use stones as tools

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

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