Banc d'Arguin National Park is a protected area on the Atlantic coast of Mauritania, made up of shallow sea, sandbanks, islands, mudflats and dunes where the Sahara meets the ocean. It is one of the most important wintering grounds in the world for migratory waders and other shorebirds, with millions of birds arriving from Siberia, Greenland and northern Europe, as well as flamingos, pelicans and spoonbills. The shallow waters with seagrass beds are also a nursery for fish. The Imraguen people, traditional fishers, are the only ones allowed to fish in the park, using sailing boats, and are known for cooperating with wild dolphins to herd mullet toward their nets. UNESCO inscribed the park as a World Heritage Site in 1989. Overfishing and offshore oil and gas projects are threats.
Before and after
- 1976Founding of Ho Chi Minh City
- 1976Establishment of Sagarmatha National Park
- 1976Founding of Abuja
- 1976Establishment of Nahanni National Park Reserve
- 1976Establishment of Banc d'Arguin National Park
- from 1976 to 2009Rise of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
- 1976Miguel de Cervantes Prize
- 5 January 1976Kingsmill massacre
- 12 January 1976Death of Agatha Christie
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The era
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