National Park
Odzala-Kokoua
Republic of the Congo
Republic of the CongoWestern lowland gorilla · forest elephant
See parkIts central clearing, nicknamed "Eden", holds one of the least human-shy western lowland gorilla populations ever documented
Area
4,238 km²
Protection category
IUCN II
Parque nacional —
Designated in
1993
Declared in 1993, Nouabalé-Ndoki is celebrated for its central clearing known as Mbeli Bai, informally nicknamed "Eden" by the first researchers to study it in the 1990s, where a population of western lowland gorillas was documented behaving with exceptional confidence and little fear of human presence, possibly because there has historically been no hunting in this particularly remote part of the Congo rainforest.
Ecosystems found in the Republic of the Congo, where Nouabale-Ndoki lies.
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Same country: Republic of the Congo
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Region
Central Africa
Climate
Tropical
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