Black River Gorges National Park

Black River Gorges National Park

Black River Gorges National Park is a national park in the hilly south-western part of Mauritius. It was proclaimed on June 15 1994 and is managed by the National Parks and Conservation Service. It covers an area of 67.54 km² including humid upland forest, drier lowland forest and marshy heathland. Facilities for visitors include two information centres, picnic areas and 60 kilometres of trails. There are four field stations in the park which are used for research.

The park protects most of the island's remaining rainforest although much of this has been degraded by introduced plants such as Chinese guava and privet and animals such as rusa deer and wild pigs. Several areas have been fenced off and invasive species have been eradicated from them to preserve native wildlife. Many endemic plants and animals still occur in the park including the Mauritian flying fox and all of the island's endemic birds: Mauritius kestrel, pink pigeon, Mauritius parakeet, Mauritius cuckoo-shrike, Mauritius bulbul, Mauritius olive white-eye, Mauritius grey white-eye and Mauritius fody.

References

*Ellis, Royston; Richards, Alexandra & Schuurman, Derek (2002) "Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion: the Bradt Travel Guide", 5th edition, Bradt Travel Guides Ltd, UK.
* [http://www.gov.mu/portal/sites/moasite/nationalpark/index.htm National Parks and Conservation Service] . Accessed 13/11/07.
*Sinclair, Ian & Langrand, Olivier (1998) "Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands", Struik, Cape Town.


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