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{{Short description|Sub-project of WikiProject Africa}}
{{WikiProject status|taskforce=yes|active}}
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{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/Navigation}}
Welcome to the African Protected areas task force, a task force shared between [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa|WikiProject Africa]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected areas|WikiProject Protected areas]]! This taskforce involves a group of editors dedicated to improving coverage of articles on national parks and protected areas and reserves within the continent of Africa.

==Goals and tasks==
*Create templates for the protected areas of each African country.
*Create articles for every protected area in Africa.
*[[:Category:African protected area stubs|Expand all articles beyond a stub class]]
*Build a detailed set of lists with an encyclopedic summary by country which aim to serve as a guide to National Parks and Reserves within them
*Develop [[Kruger National Park]] to FA status and any others.

==Recognized content==
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===Featured articles===
<div style='column-width: 30em;'>
*{{icon|FA}} [[:Marojejy National Park]]
</div>
===B-Class articles===
<div style='column-width: 30em;'>
*{{icon|B}} [[:Bale Mountains National Park]]
*{{icon|B}} [[:Gishwati Forest]]
*{{icon|B}} [[:Ifrane National Park]]
*{{icon|B}} [[:Maasai Mara]]
*{{icon|B}} [[:Kingdom of Mapungubwe]]
*{{icon|B}} [[:Minkébé National Park]]
*{{icon|B}} [[:Zahamena National Park]]
</div>
===Good articles===
<div style='column-width: 30em;'>
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Golden Gate Highlands National Park]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Nairobi National Park]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Nki National Park]]
*{{icon|GA}} [[:Sapo National Park]]
</div>
===Former good articles===
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*{{icon|DGA}} [[:Hell's Gate National Park]]
</div>
===''Did you know?'' articles===
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*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Al Hoceima National Park]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Ankarafantsika National Park]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Chinko]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Deux Balés National Park]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Golden Gate Highlands National Park]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Kainji National Park]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Karoo National Park]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Makuleke]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Marojejy National Park]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Minkébé National Park]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Namaqua National Park]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Nki National Park]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Protected areas of Cameroon]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Rugezi Marsh]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Sapo National Park]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Shaba National Reserve]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Taza National Park]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Termit Massif Reserve]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Waza National Park]]
*{{icon|DYK}} [[:Zahamena National Park]]
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===DYK's===
*'''[[Golden Gate Highlands National Park]]''' ([[South Africa]]) – August 17, 2006
*'''[[Sapo National Park]]''' ([[Liberia]]) – December 16, 2007
*'''[[Minkébé National Park]]''' ([[Gabon]]) – June 23, 2008
*'''[[Deux Balés National Park]]''' ([[Burkina Faso]]) – June 24, 2008
*'''[[Nki National Park]]''' ([[Cameroon]]) – September 3, 2008
*'''[[Souss-Massa National Park]]''' ([[Morocco]]) - November 18, 2008
*'''[[Mole National Park]]''' ([[Ghana]]) - October 24, 2009

==Tagging==
To tag articles for this project, please add the template as documented below, adding "parea=yes" {{tlx|WikiProject Africa|parea&#61;yes}} to the Africa template to tag articles for this task force and for whatever country it is in:

<pre>
{{WikiProject Africa 
|class = 
|importance = 
|country = yes        <!-- replace "country" with the name of the appropriate country -->
|country-importance = <!-- replace "country" with the name of the appropriate country -->
|parea = yes 
|parea-importance = 
}}</pre>

==Members==
*[[User:Blofeld of SPECTRE| <span style="border:1px solid blue;padding:1px;"> <span style="color:#fef;background:black;">'''''♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦'''''</span></span>]]     <sup>[[User talk:Blofeld of SPECTRE| <span style="font-size:x-small; color:Black;">'''$1,000,000?'''</span> ]]</sup> 16:22, 30 July 2008 (UTC) 
*--[[User:Blechnic|Blechnic]] ([[User talk:Blechnic|talk]]) 03:49, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
*–'''[[User:Black Falcon|Black Falcon]]''' <sup>([[User talk:Black Falcon|Talk]])</sup> 15:36, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
* [[User:Blathnaid|<span style="color:#00A86B;font-family:Tahoma;">'''Bláthnaid'''</span>]] 18:46, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
*--I'm an '''''[[Special:Contributions/Editorofthewiki|Editor]][[User:Editorofthewiki|of]][[User talk:Editorofthewiki|the]][[Special:Random|wiki]]'''''<sup>[[Wikipedia:Editor review/Editorofthewiki|[''citation needed'']]]</sup> 19:46, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
*--[[User:Babakathy|Babakathy]] ([[User talk:Babakathy|talk]]) 12:21, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
* &middot; &middot; &middot; [[User:Pbsouthwood|Peter Southwood]] [[User talk:Pbsouthwood|<sup>(talk)</sup>]]: 20:03, 18 January 2019 (UTC)  – Marine protected areas of South Africa
{{-}}
*--[[User:TigerScientist]] [[User Talk:TigerScientist]] 12/1/2020
For those who participate in this project please place {{tlx|User African Protected Areas}} on your user page.

It should produce the following:

{{User African Protected Areas}}
{{clear}}

==Templates==
The following templates in total should contain the entire scope of this project:
{{Africa in topic|List of national parks of}}
{{National Parks of Algeria}}
{{National Parks of Angola}}
{{National Parks of Botswana}}
{{National Parks of Burkina Faso}}
{{National Parks of Burundi}}
{{National Parks of Cameroon}}
{{National Parks of the Central African Republic}}
{{National Parks of Chad}}
{{National Parks of Côte d'Ivoire}}
{{National Parks of the Democratic Republic of Congo}}
{{National Parks of Djibouti}}
{{National Parks of Egypt}}
{{National Parks of Eritrea}}
{{National Parks of Ethiopia}}
{{National Parks of Gabon}}
{{National Parks of The Gambia}}
{{National Parks of Ghana}}
{{National Parks of Guinea}}
{{National Parks of Guinea-Bissau}}
{{National Parks of Kenya}}
{{National Parks of Lesotho}}
{{National parks of Madagascar}}
{{National Parks of Malawi}}
{{National Parks of Mali}}
{{National Parks of Mauritania}}
{{National Parks of Mauritius}}
{{National Parks of Morocco}}
{{National Parks of Mozambique}}
{{National Parks of Namibia}}
{{National Parks of Niger}}
{{Protected areas of Nigeria}}
{{National Parks of the Republic of the Congo}}
{{National Parks of Rwanda}}
{{National Parks of Senegal}}
{{National Parks of Seychelles}}
{{National Parks of Sierra Leone}}
{{National Parks of Somalia}}
{{South African National Parks}}
{{National Parks of South Sudan}}
{{National Parks of Sudan}}
{{National Parks of Tanzania}}
{{National Parks of Togo}}
{{National Parks of Tunisia}}
{{Protected Areas of Uganda}}
{{National Parks of Zambia}}
{{National Parks of Zimbabwe}}
{{Marine protected areas of South Africa}}

==Related WikiProjects==
{{Africa-related WikiProjects}}

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{{Wikipedia policies and guidelines}}
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