Pico Basilé National Park
{{Short description|National park in Equatorial Guinea}}
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Pico Basilé National Park
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| photo = Pico Basilé.jpg
| photo_caption = Basilé Peak
| location = Bioko, Equatorial Guinea
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| coordinates = {{coords|3|35|N|08|46|E|display=inline, title}}
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| area = {{convert|30000|ha|sqmi}}
| established = 2000
| iucn_category = II
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The Pico Basilé National Park ({{langx|es|Parque nacional del Pico Basilé}}){{Cite news|url=http://www.africafundacion.org/spip.php?article24168|title=María Grande analiza la caza en el Pico Basilé en Guinea Ecuatorial, por Roge Blasco|last=|work=Fundación Sur|access-date=2017-10-25|language=es-ES}} is a protected area with the status of national park on the island of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea,{{Cite web|url=http://protectedplanet.net/sites/Pico_De_Basile_National_Park|title=Pico de Basilé {{!}} Protected Planet|website=Protected Planet|access-date=2017-10-25}}{{Cite news|url=http://ecoguinea.com/conservacion-del-pico-basile/|title=Conservación del Pico Basilé|date=2015-04-26|work=Ecoguinea - Proyecto de Conservación: Investigación, sensibilización y formación en Guinea Ecuatorial|access-date=2017-10-25|language=es-ES}} near the Gulf of Guinea, in the Atlantic Ocean. The park is named after the Pico Basilé, the highest mountain in Equatorial Guinea, with 3011 m (9878 feet). Administratively it is included within the jurisdiction of the Equatorial Guinean province of Bioko Norte.
History
In 2007 the government of Equatorial Guinea prohibited the hunting of diverse species, international organizations have shown concern for the noncompliance of the decree. The government is taking action to promote sustainable hunting in the park, which would encourage the development of the local rural community.{{Cite web|title=Assessing the hunting problem in Pico Basilé Region and planning its sustainable hunting and continuous monitoring. - Asociación Ecotono|url=https://sites.google.com/site/asociacionecotono/guineaingles|access-date=2021-01-26|website=sites.google.com}}
Geography and environment
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The park covers an area of 30,000 ha{{Cite web|url=http://www.ikuska.com/Africa/natura/parques/guinea_ecuatorial/pico_basile.htm|title=Pico Basile|website=www.ikuska.com|access-date=2017-10-25}} and was formally established in 2000. It is known for its diversity of landscapes and vegetation and especially for its primates, which are threatened by poaching. It contains populations of Preuss's monkey, red-eared guenon, black colobus, western red colobus, and drill—as well as of Ogilby's duiker.
The park has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of Cameroon olive-pigeons, green longtails, white-tailed warblers, mountain saw-wings, western mountain greenbuls, Cameroon olive greenbuls, black-capped woodland-warblers, Bioko speirops, Cameroon sunbirds, Ursula's sunbirds and Shelley's olivebacks.{{cite web |url= https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/basil%C3%A9-peak-national-park-iba-equatorial-guinea|title= Basilé Peak National Park|author= |date=2024|website= BirdLife Data Zone|publisher= BirdLife International|access-date= 2024-11-27}}
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Category:National parks of Equatorial Guinea
Category:Important Bird Areas of Equatorial Guinea
Category:Protected areas established in 2000
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