Brief synthesisIvindo National Park is the main protected area representative of the forests of the interior plateaus of Gabon. Criterion (ix): Ivindo National Park combines large areas of intact climatical Caesalpinioideae forests and undisturbed river ecosystems. Ivindo National Park avifauna includes 190 (68%) of the 278 forest species native to the Guinean-Congolese region and five of the six species endemic to Lower Guinea. Protection and management requirementsThe property benefits from long-term legal protection conferred by Decree 612/PR/MEFEPEPN of 30 August 2002, which classifies Ivindo National Park and sets out its boundaries in Article 2. Ivindo National Park is managed by National Agency for National Parks (ANPN) established by Law No.