List of protected areas of Somalia explained

This is a list of protected areas of Somalia. Protected areas include national parks and wildlife reserves.^[1] The boundaries and areas of Somalia's protected areas are not reported, and there has been little formal protection or management of most areas since the collapse of Somalia's central government in 1991.^[2]

National parks

• Arbawerow National Park
• Baraako madow National Park
• Buloburto National Park
• Bushbushle National Park
• Daalo Mountain
• Ga'an Libah National Park
• Hobyo National Park
• las'anod National Park
• Ras Hafun National Park
• Shoonto National Park
• Taleh-El Chebet National Park
• Zayla National Park
• Jilib National Park
• Kismayo National Park
• Lag Badana National Park

Wildlife reserves

• Awdhegle-G Wildlife Reserve
• Boja swamps Wildlife Reserve
• Dandoole Wildlife Reserve
• Eji Obaale Wildlife Reserve
• Far Wamo Wildlife Reserve
• Haradere Wildlife Reserve
• Jowhar Wildlife Reserve
• Lack Badana Wildlife Reserve
• Lack Dare Wildlife Reserve

See also

• Cabdibille game reserve
• Waamo Idow national park
• Mataan Robley Gorges
• Calishoraa Ruins
• Robaa Galmo fortress

References

• Web site: Lag Badana-Bushbush National Park . Protectedplanet . 12 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130619140629/http://protectedplanet.net/sites/Lag_Badana_Bushbush_National_Park . 19 June 2013 .
• Web site: Africa National Park List. Africa Sun News. 12 June 2013.
• Web site: Somalia National Parks . Happy Tours . 13 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130615011623/http://www.happytoursug.com/somalia_national_parks . 15 June 2013 .

Notes and References

1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN (2022), Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM) [Online], March 2022, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.
2. IUCN ESARO (2020). The state of protected and conserved areas in Eastern and Southern Africa. State of Protected and Conserved Areas Report Series No. 1. Nairobi, Kenya: IUCN ESARO.