Ecosystem and Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie - World Heritage Sites in Gabon - Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda - The Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda demonstrates an unusual interface between dense and well-conserved tropical rainforest and relict savannah environments with a great diversity of species. It contains evidence of the successive passages of different peoples who have left extensive and comparatively remains of habitation around hilltops, caves and shelters, evidence of iron-working and a collection of some petroglyphs (rock carvings). The property’s collection of Neolithic and Iron Age sites, together with the rock art found there, reflects a major migration route of Bantu and other peoples from West Africa along the River Ogooué valley to the north of the dense evergreen Congo forests and to central east and southern Africa. Name: Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda Country: Gabon Location: Ogoué-Ivindo and Ogoué-Lolo Provinces Inscription: 2007 Category: Mixed (iii)(iv)(ix)(x) Unesco Ref: 1147 Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the site.