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Taï National Park
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How it came to be
The Taï forest in south-western Côte d'Ivoire, on the border with Liberia, is one of the last large remnants of primary rainforest in West Africa. It is what is left of the Upper Guinean forest that once stretched from Togo to Guinea-Bissau, and it was probably a refuge during the Ice Age, which helps explain its many endemic plants.
The Taï Forest reserve was created in 1926 and became a national park in 1972. It was recognised as a UNESCO biosphere reserve in 1978 and inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982. It is the largest relatively intact island of forest left in West Africa.
Its threatened mammals include the pygmy hippopotamus, 11 species of monkeys, chimpanzees, leopards and Jentink's duiker.
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