Arabuko-Sokoke National Park protects a 6 square kilometer core of the much larger 420 square kilometer Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve on Kenya's coast, about 110 kilometers north of Mombasa near Malindi, gazetted as a national park in 1990. The forest holds exceptional endemism, including Clarke's weaver and the Sokoke scops owl among its birds and the golden-rumped elephant shrew and Aders's duiker among its mammals, the latter shared only with Zanzibar. Three distinct forest types, mixed forest, Brachystegia and Cynometra, each support different plant and animal communities, and the adjoining Mida Creek mangrove forest is an important wintering ground for shorebirds such as the Terek sandpiper and crab plover.
Facts
Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing Body Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 International DesignationUNESCO Biosphere Reserve 2 Governing Body
Governing Body (category) Sources
1. Arabuko Sokoke National Park (Wikipedia)
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Infobox: established
1990
Lead
The Arabuko Sokoke National Park, situated at the north-western edge of the Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve, is only a few square kilometres in size and constitutes only a small portion of the latter.
Infobox: governing_body
Kenya Wildlife Service
Part Of: Kenya, Lead paragraph
Forest Reserve is located on the coast of Kenya,
On Continent: Africa, Lead paragraph names Kenya; continent follows from the atlas record for Kenya
The Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve is located on the coast of Kenya
View the Source 2. UNESCO: UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme: Malindi-Watamu Arabuko Sokoke Biosphere Reserve
UNESCOOpen data recordQuote, Open data record
Malindi-Watamu Biosphere Reserve is part of the marine protected areas of the Kenyan coast.
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