Okapi Wildlife Reserve
| Inception | 1992  |
|---|---|
| Native label | Réserve de faune à okapis |
| IUCN protected areas category | IUCN category II: National Park |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Located in the administrative territorial entity | Ituri Province |
| Coordinate location | 2°0′0″N 28°30′0″E |
| Authority | Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature |
| Significant event | list of World Heritage in Danger |
| Significant place | Isiro |
| Heritage designation | World Heritage Site |
| Official website | https://www.okapiconservation.org/ |
| World Heritage criteria | (x) |
E-Class
Okapi Wildlife Reserve de la goodusi bɔŋa zi'an Ituri goo puan(Ituri forest) n boi north-east n de 'Democratic of the Congo', beesi'a n du bii n lɛm la 'South Sudan' la Uganda.[3] ka kalɛ geela la ka paɛ 14,000km2, ka pi se'em de la buyima-bunuu puan(one-fifth) n de zi'an la goo la puan. 1996 yuunɛ la puan, ti Okpis Wildlife Reserve daa ze'ele UNESCO tingɔŋɔ lɔgerɔ zi'an (World Heritage Site) wa'am na, gee ka nɛreba zo'e zo'e la inya n daa de Okapis daaŋɔ la ka 'high overall biodiversit'.
Ecology
[demese | demesego zia]Godusi boŋa zi'an la de la one-fifth n de zi'an la Ituri forest la puan. Pleistocene refugium, goo la tari la evergreen la semi-evergreen goo, ti n Mbau tiisi zo'e bini (Gilbertiodendron dewevrei). Nepoko, Ituri, la Epulu ko'om zori do la reserve la puan, ka kai mɔm la Swamp goto. Granite outcrops n boi north ti ba gu ka kankaŋi bo Encephalartos ituriensis, vuusiŋɔ yela cycad puan.
Ŋwana wa zuo, ka saŋa la n ani suŋa suŋa doose ka ice ages puan la, wildlife reserve, la Ituri Forest za'a waabe gu la, unique biological community. Doose ka yu'ure la de se'em la Okapi Wildlife Reserve de la yire bo okapis zo'e zo'e. 1996 yuunɛ la puan, ka kãlɛ yuum me paɛ 3900–6350, ze'ele tingɔŋɔ la za'a waabe kãlɛ la puan 10,000–20,000. 1996 yuunɛ la puan, wubero ma'a yuum de la 7,500 gee ti chimpanzees me de na 7,500 reserve la puan, gee dusi wa kãlɛ la yuum sige la tiŋa ze'ele poaching la political instability.
Dunsesi yuum lagum bona zi'an la puan de la goobaa, goonii, water chevrotain, bongo, Bates's pygmy antelope, la giant forest hog. The Ituri Forests de la yire bo 17 primate species ti ba bisera ka reserve la puan, reserve la n tari primate species zo'e African forest tiŋa puan.
Reserve la tari niisi buuri buuri n zɔri 370, gee me kelum de na zi'an kayima n de ninmu'ure zi'an bo niisi Africa tiŋa puan. Niisi la zo'e zo'e n boi zi'an la puan la de la endemic bo Congo Basim, pa'asɛ endangered Congo peafowl.
Dikera Mbiya Mountain bise zɔe Epulu tiŋa, la nomadic Mbuti pygmies la Bantu kaari ba yuum lagum ki'ira la reserve la puan.