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This 7 page paper discusses the Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves ecological project in Niger, including the diversity of biological species found there, the threat posed by humans, and protections used to safeguard the area. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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in the Republic of Niger, a large African nation of approximately 489,000 square miles, of which 80% is arid, receiving less than 20 inches of precipitation a year (Niger, 2007).
There are only 13.5 million citizens, most of whom live in the south where its possible to grow crops; a few live in the arid regions, raising camels, sheep, goats
and cattle (Niger, 2007). Conditions that might seem unfavorable on the face of it have in fact worked together to preserve desert wildlife: the size of the country, its dry
climate, the low human population and poverty have all combined to save wildlife from the problems it faces in other regions (Niger, 2007). Today, however, that "safety net" is disappearing
as tourism increases and foreign hunters arrive (Niger, 2007). Despite the fact that Niger is a poor country, it has "accomplished some significant achievements in wildlife conservation," including the
"A?r & T?n?r? National Nature Reserve (80,000 km?), the "W" National Park Regional Biosphere Reserve, and the last remaining population of the West African race of the giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis
peralta (Niger, 2007). The Reserve and the "W" National Park are now both World Heritage Sites (Niger, 2007). The A?r & T?n?r? National Nature Reserve (which well refer to
as the Reserves to avoid all those diacritical marks) comprises the A?r Massif, a "vast region of mountains and valleys" that lies "hard up against the T?n?r? desert" (Niger, 2007).
The area is extremely diverse in its geography and geology as well as in its flora and fauna (Niger, 2007). The region has supported this ecological system despite the fact
that it has also supported a human population for "tens of thousands of years" (Niger, 2007). In addition, "the A?r was home to the last remaining viable population of ostriches
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