The Aïr and Ténéré Addax Sanctuary is a nature reserve in the north center of the nation of Niger. The reserve forms part of the larger Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve covers , of which form the Aïr and Ténéré Addax Sanctuary.
The Sanctuary exists to protect the critically endangered Addax, which once roamed much of the Aïr Mountains and Ténéré desert. Established 1 January 1988, the sanctuary IUCN type Ianep-wcmc site record Strict Nature Reserve, the most restricted faunal reserve in Niger.
Plans in the early 1990s to reintroduce captive bred Addax into the sanctuary were derailed by the advent of the 1990s Tuareg insurgency, while reimplementation has been stopped by fighting which erupted in 2007.Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional Action Plans pp. 14–21 As of 2006, it was feared that whatever Addax population remained in the sanctuary was no longer self-sustaining.Roseline C. Beudels-Jamar, Pierre Devillers, René-Marie Lafontaine and John Newby. ADDAX NASOMACULATUS, CMS report, 2007, Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.
See also Addax nasomaculatus Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve
References
Rod East, David P. Mallon, Steven Charles Kingswood. Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional Action Plans. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. IUCN (1988) pp. 14–21, 168 unep-wcmc site record World Database on Protected Areas / UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2008. Biodiversity and Protected Areas-- Niger, Earth Trends country profile (2003)