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The Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve in the West African nation of Niger. It includes several overlapping reserve designations, and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It covers both the eastern half of the Aïr Mountains and the western sections of the Ténéré desert. It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area.〔BirdLife International. (2013). (Important Bird Areas factsheet: NNR Aïr - Ténéré ). retrieved 3 October 2013.〕 The Aïr and Ténéré UNESCO World Heritage Site was established in 1991, and marked as endangered 1992. It was designated under criteria vii, ix, x, and is designated #573. The entire reserver covers 77,360 km2, which made it the second largest nature reserve in Africa, and the fourth largest in the world.〔(Africa's Second largest nature preserve established ), ''Conservation Biology'', Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar., 1989), p.16〕 The Reserve includes two parts: *''Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve'', IUCN type IV〔(nep-wcmc site record )〕 ::Established 1 January 1988 ::64,560 km² *The Aïr and Ténéré Addax Sanctuary ::Strict Nature Reserve IUCN type Ia ::Established 1 January 1988 ::12,800 km² ==References== *(Jennifer Talbot. The Tuareg People and the Air Tenere Conservation and Development Project, Niger, West Africa ). POPULATION-ENVIRONMENT DYNAMICS:TRANSITIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY, University of Michigan, 1998. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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