Created in 2012, Niger’s Termit and Tin Toumma National Nature Reserve is the last region of the Sahara relatively undisturbed by human activity. But expanding oil exploration threatens this sanctuary for 130 bird and 17 mammal species, including the critically endangered addax (Addax nasomaculatus). The Termit and Tin Toumma National Nature Reserve (Réserve Naturelle Nationale … Continue reading Africa’s largest reserve may lose half its area to oil development