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The Simien—Ethiopia's new National Park

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

John Blower
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Abstract

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Sixty square miles of the Simien Mountains, home of two of Ethiopia's most seriously endangered wild mammals, the walla ibex and Simien fox, both endemics, has at last been declared a national park. The author, who was Wildlife Adviser to the Ethiopian Government from 1965–70 (he has just gone in a similar capacity to Nepal) has worked unceasingly to achieve this as well as other parks and reserves to protect Ethiopia's still remarkably rich wildlife. This is the second national park to be gazetted in Ethiopia; the Awash park, which the FPS African tour visited in February this year, was declared early in 1968.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 10 , Issue 5 , September 1970 , pp. 314 - 316
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1970

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