Pico Basilé National Park

The Pico Basilé National Park (Spanish: Parque nacional del Pico Basilé)[1] is a protected area with the status of national park on the island of Bioko in the northern part of the African country of Equatorial Guinea,[2][3] near the Gulf of Guinea, in the Atlantic Ocean. It stands out for its diversity of landscapes and vegetation and especially for its population of primates, that are threatened by the illegal hunting. Although in 2007 the government of that country prohibited the hunting of diverse species, international organisms have shown concern for the noncompliance of the decree.

Pico Basilé National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Basilé Peak
Coordinates3°35′N 08°46′E
Area30,000 hectares (120 sq mi)

The park is named after the Basilé peak, the highest in Equatorial Guinea, with 3011 m (9878 feet). Administratively it is included within the jurisdiction of the Equatorial Guinean province of Bioko Norte.

It covers an area of 30 thousand hectares[4] and was formally established in 2000.[2]

References
  1. correo@africafundacion.org. "María Grande analiza la caza en el Pico Basilé en Guinea Ecuatorial, por Roge Blasco". Fundación Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  2. "Pico de Basilé | Protected Planet". Protected Planet. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  3. "Conservación del Pico Basilé". Ecoguinea - Proyecto de Conservación: Investigación, sensibilización y formación en Guinea Ecuatorial (in Spanish). 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  4. "Pico Basile". www.ikuska.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.



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