Images of the Senegalese Wolf Canis anthus anthus including its footprint were taken in the nature reserve Somone, Senegal. This protected area is situated on the Atlantic Coast south of Dakar. The wolf was searching for food in mangrove lagoons during low tide. (formát .pdf, 3.6 MB)

author: Pavel Reich, DiS.,

souce: FOREST

 

Giant eland Taurotragus derbianus derbianus, Reserve of Bandia, Senegal (format .pdf, 3.7 MB)

author: Pavel Reich, DiS.

source: FOREST

 

 

To the first of July 2019 there were 61 Protected Marine Areas (PMA's) in the Maldives. PMA's were first established in the Maldives on World Enivironmental Day, June 5, 1995, when the Government announced the establishment of 15 Protected Marine Areas within the major tourist atolls.

PMA's have been selected in recognition of their biodiversity and importance for protecting marine species and their habitat. One of the largest PMA's is PMA South Ari Atoll, a globally significant aggregation site for whale sharks with an area 5595 ha, while one of the smallest is a mangrove ecosystem on the island of Huraa in North Male Atoll with an area of 6 ha. Another land-based PMA is Hithadhoo in Addu Atoll. It has an area of 803 ha and contains a large fresh/brackish water pond and mangrove forest. The PMA's include two bird breeding and turtle nesting islands and their lagoons (Olugiri in Baa Atoll and Hithadhoo in Gaafu Alifu Atoll), and one island of geomorphic interest for coral reef formation and endemic vegetation (Hurasdhoo in Alifu Dhaalu Atoll). On June 28, 2011 a World Biosphere Reserve was declared in Baa Atoll by UNESCO (Baa Atoll PMA, area of 121,521 ha).