Bili-Uere Hunting Reserve Explained

Bili-Uere Hunting Reserve
Alt Name:Domaine de Chasse Bili-Uere
Iucn Category:VI
Iucn Ref:[1]
Location:Bas-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area Km2:32748.38
Designation:Hunting area
Designated:1974
Governing Body:Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN)

Bili-Uere Hunting Reserve (French: Domaine de Chasse Bili-Uere) is a hunting reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, covering .It is bounded on the north by Bomu Hunting Reserve, Bomu Wildlife Reserve, and the Mbomou River, which forms the border with the Central African Republic.

Since 2005, the protected area is considered a Lion Conservation Unit together with Garamba National Park.[2] [3]

More than 100,000 forest elephants lived in this vast landscape in the early 1970s.Today, this area faces major problems, such as wildlife conservation, illegal mining and bushmeat hunting.[4]

Notes and References

  1. UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Bili-Uere from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 18 March 2022. https://www.protectedplanet.net/20324
  2. Book: IUCN Cat Specialist Group . 2006 . Conservation Strategy for the Lion Panthera leo in Eastern and Southern Africa . IUCN . Pretoria, South Africa.
  3. Riggio, J. . Jacobson, A. . Dollar, L. . Bauer, H. . Becker, M. . Dickman, A. . Funston, P. . Groom, R. . Henschel, P. . De Iongh, H. . Lichtenfeld, L. . 2013 . The size of savannah Africa: a lion's (Panthera leo) view . Biodiversity and Conservation . 22 . 1 . 17–35 . 10.1007/s10531-012-0381-4. free.
  4. Web site: Illegal Mining. 2020-09-16. www.fws.gov.