On these pages, you will get information on protected areas in West and Central Africa. As it is not possible to deal thoroughly with such a vast subject, many links to other sites are provided for more information. The information presented is geographically classified or classified according to some interesting aspects of the methods of management:

•  West Africa Protected areas are presented country by country and within each country, site by site. As these data are likely to be quickly outdated, we thank you for helping us update contacts .

•  Central Africa Protected areas are presented country by country, and within each country, site by site. As these data are likely to be quickly outdated, we thank you for helping us update contacts .

•  Community protected areas : this is a slightly special way of managing protected areas and this is the reason why a full page of rich information is dedicated to the way they are organized. See also our study on community areas.

- Transboundary areas are in fashion in the region because they allow relating often complementary ecosystems and creating important cooperation between countries. However, it is difficult to make them fully operational.