Biodiversity in Mauritania
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When talking about biodiversity in
Mauritania, many people in Europe know Mauritania's importance for
the migration of birds and their winter breeding grounds. However
regarding biological diversity there is much more to discover in
Mauritania.
Mauritania has several National Parks and Nature Reserves. Banc d'Arguin is probably the most famous. It has been put on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1989. Several sites give information on Mauritania's National Parks:
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Searchable database (by WCMC)
Banc d'Arguin:
Description
of Natural World Heritage Properties
Inscription as World
Heritage site by UNESCO
Site under the
Ramsar Convention on wetlands
Association
for the National Parc Banc d'Arguin
Strict Natural Reserve of Diaouling:
Reserve
of Diaouling
Information on the plant and animal diversity of Mauritania can be found in our Country Study prepared for the Convention. Other sites give additional information on the species richness of Mauritania and their status.
Lists of threathened species in Mauritania
IUCN
threatened animal redlist (searchable database by WCMC)
IUCN
redlist for threatened plants (searchable database by WCMC)
Birds in Mauritania
Site
on birds in Mauritania
Agricultural plant diversity:
Directory of
Germplasm Collections (searchable database by IPGRI)
Collections held by International
Research Organizations (SINGER, searchable database)
