Created by Decree No. 2002-359 of 24 July 2002, the Ivorian Office of Parks and Reserves (OIPR) aims to preserve and enhance a representative sample of national biological diversity, and maintain ecological processes in protected areas in a sustainable manner.

This objective derives from the Framework Programme for the Management of Protected Areas (PCGAP) identified in 1996 following an assessment and diagnosis of the National Parks and Natural Reserves sector in Côte d'Ivoire.

VISION

Sustainably manage and enhance a representative sample of national biological diversity

MISSION

• Management of land assets
• The exercise of the administrative police
• The exercise of the judicial police
• The implementation of a sustainable management policy for parks and reserves and their peripheral areas
• Carrying out the studies necessary for the creation, extension or development of PNRs or their peripheral zone
• Information, education and communication.

NATURAL HERITAGE

A network of 14 protected areas

• 8 national parks (1,732,100 ha)
• 4 partial reserves (236,130 ha)
• 1 integral reserve
• 1 scientific reserve

2,100,000 ha or 6.5% of the national territory

Among these protected areas:

• 2 Biosphere Reserves (PN Taï, PN Comoé)
• 3 World Heritage sites (Taï, Nimba, Comoé)
• 1 RAMSAR site (Azagny PN).