Parc National du W du Niger

Niger's W National Park (Tillaberi Region, Say department, commune of Tamou; ~220,000 ha, the Niger portion of the transboundary W-Arly-Pendjari complex). The Niger River forms part of its boundary and gives the park its W shape. Under the wildlife/protected-areas decree (Decret N98-295/PRN/MH/E of 29 Oct 1998 applying Loi N98-07 portant regime de la chasse et de la protection de la faune), Article 48 strictly prohibits in national parks all acts of hunting (tout acte de chasse) and any act liable to damage spontaneous vegetation or nature, except special nominative authorisation from the President. As an integral protected area on the Niger River it also falls within the State-controlled aquatic-reserve regime of Loi N98-042 (Art. 14-15) under which all forms of fishing are prohibited save special ministerial authorisation. Representative center point of the Niger park.