Tadres Reserve

Réserve totale de faune du Tadres
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Interactive map of Réserve totale de faune du Tadres
Location	Agadez Region, Niger
Nearest city	Agadez
Coordinates	15°42′0″N 7°59′0″E / 15.70000°N 7.98333°E / 15.70000; 7.98333
Area	788,928 hectares
Governing body	Parcs Nationaux & Reserves - Niger

The Tadrès Total Reserve (T'adéras/Tadress) (Réserve totale de Faune du Tadrès) is a nature reserve in the central north of Niger, southwest the city of Agadez. It is a Total Faunal Reserve IUCN category IV, covering some 788,928 hectares within the Agadez Region. The reserve follows the northeast - southwest flow of the Tadrès valley, a wadi (Hausa: kori) or seasonal wash and ancient river bed south of the Aïr Mountains. It was originally dedicated to the protection of oryx populations which have largely disappeared from the region. In the 1940s, the valley was an important migration route for the animals from the Tenere desert to the Adar in the south of the country. It remains a transhumance route for domesticated cattle and camels, as well as wild dorcas and dama (Hausa: ménas) gazelles.^[1]

References

1. SAHELO-SAHARAN ANTELOPES - Concerted Action - CMS, DB 2007 report.

• UNEP-WCMC site record^{[permanent dead link]}
• World Database on Protected Areas / UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2008. Archived 2006-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
• Biodiversity and Protected Areas-- Niger,^{[dead link]} Earth Trends country profile (2003)