1. Wildlife (Elephant, Chimpanzee,
Buffalo, Waterbuck, Hartebeest,
Hippotragus)
2. Natural ecosystems (savannah,
forest, aquatic environment)
1. Statement of values (Ref 31, 32 and
76): In 2022:
o Buffalo (23,2 ind/100km),
o Buffon waterbuck (11, 29
ind/100km),
o Hartebeest (76, 42
in/100km),
o Hippotragus (17,86
ind/100km)
2. In 2021:
o Elephant (0.11 index/km2),
3. In 2020:
o Chimpanzee(0.17
index/km2)
4. savannah (83.38%),
5. forest (5.44%),
6. aquatic environment (WHO standard
level heavy metals: mercury (Hg:Not
defined), Arsenic (As: Not defined),
Lead (Pb:Not defined))
1. Success Thresholds (Ref
98): In 2025, it is hoped to:
o Elephant (0.09
index/km2),
o Chimpanzee (0.22
index/km2),
o Buffalo (26,86
ind/100km),
o Buffon waterbuck (13,
07 ind/100km),
o Hartebeest (88, 47
in/100km),
o Hippotragus (20,68
ind/100km)
2. savannah (88.7%),
3. forest (9%),
4. aquatic environment (WHO
standard level heavy metals:
mercury (Hg:6ug/L), Arsenic
(As:10ug/L), Lead (Pb:10ug/L))
1.Baseline state of values: In
2016:
o Buffalo (3,06
ind/100km),
o Buffon's waterbuck
(2.37 ind/100km),
o Buffon waterbuck (23.1
in/100km),
o Hippotragus (9.41
ind/100km)
2. In 2017:
o Elephant (0.06
index/km2),
o Chimpanzee (0.14
index/km2)
3. In view of the reference values
and the state of the current
values, the trend of wildlife is
upwards.
4. In 2017:
o Savannah (84.73%),
o forest (5.80%), in view of
the reference values and
the state of the current
values, the trend of the
savannah and forest
ecosystems is stable.
o aquatic environment (WHO
standard level heavy
metals: mercury (Hg:Not
defined), Arsenic (As: Not
defined), Lead (Pb:Not
Date last saved: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
defined)), For the aquatic
environment, data are not
yet available (study in
progress).
1. Education and Research
(environmental education, support for
research with academics)
1. Education and Research (42% of the
environmental education plan and
17% of the priority research themes
implemented, 5 agreements
implemented with 5 universities)
1. Success thresholds (Ref 98): -
Education and Research (75% of
the environmental education plan
and 50% of the priority research
themes implemented)
1. All listed ecosystem services are
maintained. - Education and
Research (environmental
education activities are carried out
in accordance with the action plan
and with good collaboration with
environmental education services
and local NGOs. The level of
collaboration between the
manager and the universities is
satisfactory, the agreements
signed with the universities make
it possible to develop priority
research themes
2. Cultural: access permits to sacred
sites, Tourism (offer of tourist circuits
in the PNC, cultural values, landscape)
2. forest (5.44%),
3. aquatic environment (WHO standard
level heavy metals: mercury (Hg:Not
defined), Arsenic (As: Not defined),
Lead (Pb:Not defined))
4. Education and Research (42% of the
environmental education plan and
17% of the priority research themes
implemented, 5 agreements
implemented with 5 universities)
2. Cultural: 28 agreements for access to
the sacred sites of the PNC signed in
2023, Tourism (132 visitors in 2022, 1
agreement signed with Côte d'Ivoire
Tourism)
2. Cultural: 40 access agreements to
the sacred sites of the PNC signed,
Tourism (2500 visitors per year
from 2024)
2. Cultural: Access to the sacred
sites of the PNC is formalized and
the villages are encouraged to
resume worship, the manager also
supports the promotion of cultural
values through support for the
organization of festivals (Kroubi,
Festibo, Djomainin) and sociocultural activities, Tourism (In
2017, 491 visitors were registered
at the PNC, with the advent of
Covid-19 and the security situation
in the North-East of Côte d'Ivoire
in 2020, just 36 visitors were
recorded. Since 2022, with the
improvement of the security
situation and the lifting of Covid
Date last saved: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
restrictions, there has been a slight
increase in the number of visitors
recorded, bringing it to 131
visitors. the manager, with the
support of the community of a
riverside village, makes
investments in reception
infrastructure (a tourist camp built
in the PNC in the area of the
village of Bania)
3. Supply (Preservation of groundwater,
the Comoé River and the rivers of the
park are spawning areas)
3. Supply (maintain the integrity of the
park)
3. Supply (maintain the integrity of
the park)
3. Supply (actions are carried out to
assess the physico-chemical
quality of the PNC's waters and the
richness of fish fauna)
4. Regulation/Support (carbon
sequestration, pollination, floods,
droughts)
4. Regulation (maintain the integrity of
the park)
4. Regulation/Support (maintain the
integrity of the park)
4. Regulation (good state of
conservation of the park makes it
possible to mitigate the effects of
floods and climate change)
1. Sacred sites inside and outside the
park (river, forests, caves,...);
2. Emblematic sites (Tomb of the first
curator of the park (Raphaël Matta),
Samory Touré's lemon forests, twin
hills, bowals, plains, village remains,
rivers, ponds);
3. Habits and customs (dances, totems,
chiefdoms, royalty, repertoire of
endangered tree species available) with
various ethnic groups Koulango, Lobi,
Malinké.
1. Cultural: 28 agreements for access to
the sacred sites of the PNC signed in
2023, Tourism (132 visitors in 2022, 1
agreement signed with Côte d'Ivoire
Tourism)
1. Cultural: 40 access agreements to
the sacred sites of the PNC signed,
Tourism (2500 visitors per year
from 2024)
2. Supply (maintain the integrity of
the park)
3. Regulation/Support (maintain the
integrity of the park)
4. Sacred sites within the park:
number of manager-riverside
village agreements signed for
access (30 access agreements
signed)
5. Emblematic sites: number of
emblematic sites listed
6. Habits and customs: information
on the historical profile (Local
Development Plan (PDL) of the
villages and Plan of Development
and Management of the park)
1. The sacred sites of the park: The
practice of adoration was not
formalized by texts. Since 2022, a
formal framework has been
established with the signing of
agreements between the
interested villages and the
manager for access to these sites;
2. Emblematic sites: They are well
preserved and promoted in
tourist circuits;
3. Habits and customs:
Information is documented in the
PDL and the PAG. The manager
works to promote them with
support for the organization of
festivals (Kroubi, Festibo,
Djomainin) and socio-cultural
activities
