Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve

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|Ténéré desert]]. 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. The Reserve includes two parts: *''Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve'', [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] type IV ::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 ==External links== *[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/573 UNESCO World Heritage Site profile]. *[http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/pdf/Air%20et%20Tenere.pdf UNEP-WCMC World Heritage Site datasheeet] {{National Parks of Niger}} {{coord missing|Niger}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2010}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Air And Tenere National Nature Reserve}}