Tadres Reserve

Nature reserve in Niger

Réserve totale de faune du Tadres

IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)

Location| Agadez Region, Niger
Nearest city| Agadez
Coordinates| 15°42′0″N 7°59′0″E﻿ / ﻿15.70000°N 7.98333°E﻿ / 15.70000; 7.98333
Area| 788,928 hectares
Governing body| Parcs Nationaux & Reserves - Niger

The Tadrès Total Reserve (T'adéras/Tadress) (Réserve totale de Faune du Tadrès) is a nature reserve in the central north of Niger, southwest the city of Agadez. It is a Total Faunal Reserve IUCN type IV, covering some 788,928 hectares within the Agadez Region. The reserve follows the northeast - southwest flow of the Tadrès valley, a Kori or seasonal wash and ancient river bed south of the Aïr Mountains. It was originally dedicated to the protection of Oryx populations which have largely disappeared from the region. In the 1940s, the valley was an important migration route for the animals from the Tenere desert to the Adar in the south of the country. It remains a transhumance route for domesticated cattle and camels, as well as wild Dorcas and Ménas Gazelles[1]

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1. ^ SAHELO-SAHARAN ANTELOPES - Concerted Action - CMS, DB 2007 report.

* UNEP-WCMC site record
* World Database on Protected Areas / UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2008.
* Biodiversity and Protected Areas-- Niger,[dead link] Earth Trends country profile (2003)

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National Parks and Reserves of Niger

National Park - IUCN type II|

* W du Niger National Park

Faunal Reserves - IUCN type IV|

* Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve
* Gadabedji Total Reserve
* Tadres Total Reserve
* Tamou Total Reserve
* Termit Massif Total Reserve
* Dosso Partial Faunal Reserve

Strict Nature Reserve IUCN type Ia|

* Aïr and Ténéré Addax Sanctuary

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