Brinckheuvel

Brinckheuvel Nature Reserve

Brinckheuvel Nature Reserve

Nature reserve in Suriname

The Brinckheuvel Nature Reserve (Dutch: Natuurreservaat Brinckheuvel) is a protected area and nature reserve in Suriname. The reserve is located on the Saramacca River, and is the most southern savannah of the Savannah Belt.[1] The Mindrineti River flows through the reserve.[2] The reserve measures 6,000 hectares, and has been a protected area since 1961.[1]

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The main reason for protecting the area is the unique Greywacke landscape of the Sabanpasi type.[3] The reserve contains three hills which are topped with white sand caps: the Brinckheuvel, the Klaiberheuvel and the Loblesheuvel.[4]

More than 500 plants species have been collected of which 8 are rare.[1] Animal life has not been well studied, and data is limited to fish. One species of catfish, Corydoras saramaccensis is endemic to the Saramacca River.[5]

The Brinckheuvel Nature Reserve can only be accessed by boat from the village of Kwakoegron.[6]

Gold mining at the nearby Rosebel gold mine may disturb the area.[6] It is unclear whether the savannah is stable,[7] therefore controlled burning is recommended to prevent the reserve turning into a savannah forest.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Ouboter 2001, p. 69.
  2. [2]
    Richards, Teunissen & Wildschut 1968, p. 19.
  3. [3]
    "REGIONAAL PLAN BROKOPONDO" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). 2013. p. 12. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  4. [4]
    Richards, Teunissen & Wildschut 1968, p. 11.
  5. [5]
    Ouboter 2001, p. 70.
  6. [6]
    Ouboter 2001, p. 71.
  7. [7]
    Richards, Teunissen & Wildschut 1968, p. 51.

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