national park national park southeastern located closest towns rural lands described true wilderness large varied ecosystem home species birds forests contain highest population density forest elephants nation elephant density roughly square kilometer neighboring combined animals victims major problem economic depression 1980s indigenous people follow footsteps attracted financial opportunities removal logging industries park hand success longer considered major threat wilderness history process park 1980s including area logging business movement met criticism especially members remote village wwf arrived logging town residents fairly good roads plentiful working opportunities organization established pressured logging companies operate environmentally friendly manner logging companies pulled town leaving broken machinery severely damaging economy according manager wwf projects southeast convince community need protect forests don acknowledge problems poverty today logging longer major problem require lot investment develop necessary infrastructure roads operations especially southern portion according wwf scientific advisor region biggest threat result late 1980s economic depression indigenous people followed attracted financial opportunities sell product money hunting supplies authorities fought applying measures indigenous population example january forced homes near actions turned wwf considered organization whites want protect animals year travel central elephant ivory abundant strong currents river half year according freelance journalist fauna easy prey nonetheless wwf visited early 1990s described true wilderness park named official status formally established national park government decreed creation october establishment opposition continually asked reduce park boundaries ask higher usage rights invaded land currently working project conservation initiative leading land management plan oversee access use forests create tri national bordered project conservation movement designation new protected areas geography climate park located remote area southeastern helped maintain forest beauty completely explored largely hilly terrain elevation falls crossed large rivers including falls located river park giving landscape park situated latitude covers surface area km2 administrative divisions east province division closest towns rural lands seventy forest discovered national park april looking elephant groups wwf team discovered largest region member group confirmed slightly larger central african republic previously held record reported little human development adjacent noticed elephants simultaneously small creek running center sits atop bed rocks sand large mineral pit located stream habitat wildlife species largest numbering elephants park tropical climate temperature ranging average annual temperature relative humidity varies annual rainfall year according nearby rainy season september november dry season november march rainy season march june dry season july august demographics area park defined human population ethnic despite named minority constitution january include tribes non indigenous employees logging companies traders population population density region people square kilometer concentrated main road villages park non natives work civil servants traders biodiversity flora northeast main type forest semi open canopy dominated mixed large patches closed flooded trees fauna according encompass group plants animals confirmed studies years forest largely giant forest bush pigs leopard found hundreds fish species forests contain highest population density forest elephants nation different elephant density roughly square kilometer combined population steadily rising reported abundant estimated adults park home threatened monkey monkey black reportedly live east day study held discovered species birds park yellow form forest robin widespread study pair discovered patch marsh population small marshes species forest observed park brown common southeastern unidentified species heard twice likely voice identical known specimen species found small african barred similar habitat requirements
Nki National Park