Map showing the location of Minkébé National Park

Minkébé National Park is a national park in the extreme northeast of Gabon. It covers an area of 7,570 km². The WWF recognized it as an area needing protection as early as 1989 and has been actively working towards protecting the forest since 1997. The park was established as a provisional reserve in 2000 but the Minkébé National Park itself was officially recognized and established by the Gabonese government in August 2002.^[2] It is recognized as a critical site for conservation by the IUCN and has been proposed as a World Heritage Site.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minkébé National Park