Mutara Game Reserve (also known as Mutara Hunting Reserve or Mutara Hunting Fields) is a former protected area in Rwanda. Large parts of the reserve kept getting stripped of their protected status, until Matura reserve's status was entirely withdrawn in 1997. Originally covering some 855 km2 (330 sq mi), it was later reduced to 612 km2 (236 sq mi). In 1991, it was further reduced to 300 km2 (120 sq mi) to accommodate cattle grazing for refugees from the Rwandan Civil War, before being completely de-listed in 1997.[1][2]
See also
edit- Akagera National Park, an adjacent park that was similarly reduced in size, though not entirely de-listed
References
edit- ^ Sun, P; Bariyanga, J.D.; Wronski, T (2018-02-20). "A literature review of mammalian research respective to the Akagera ecosystem in Rwanda". Rwanda Journal. 2 (1). doi:10.4314/rj.v2i1.1D. ISSN 2305-2678.
- ^ Apio, Ann; Plath, Martin; Wronski, Torsten (June 2015). "Recovery of Ungulate Populations in Post-Civil War Akagera National Park, Rwanda". Journal of East African Natural History. 104 (1–2): 127–141. doi:10.2982/028.104.0110. ISSN 1026-1613. S2CID 90915922.
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