History
On 1 January 1993, an area of 35 km² was first declared as Bao Bolong National Reserve. From 16 September 1996 on, with an extended area of 220 km² (200 km² according to other sources), it was the first reserve in the Gambia to be acknowledged as a wetland area worth of protection according to the Ramsar Convention: Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve. Since 1975, this convention, whose draft had been iniated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), protects the habitat of water birds and Charadriiformes. For other nature reserves in the country, like Tanbi Wetland Complex or Niumi National Park (NNP), a Ramsar acknowledgement is also being aimed at by the Gambian authorities. As with NNP, it is intended to extend Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve across the border and to jointly administrate the area with Senegalese authorities.
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