Dodori National Reserve is a protected area located in Lamu East District of Coast Province in Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. It was gazetted in 1976 and its 877 km2 encompasses an important woodland and forest area that historically supported large populations of wildlife, including elephants, lions, buffaloes, and coastal topi.

The Dodori National Reserve is managed by Kenya Wildlife Service

Kenya Wildlife Service

The Kenya Wildlife Service, otherwise known by the initialism KWS, is a Kenyan state corporation that was established in 1990 to conserve and manage Kenya’s wildlife...

 and is part of a larger area that has been recognized globally as an important cultural heritage area and conservation hotspot by international organizations such as the IUCN, Conservation International

Conservation International

Conservation International is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, which seeks to ensure the health of humanity by protecting Earth's ecosystems and biodiversity. CI’s work focuses on six key initiatives that affect human well-being: climate, food security, freshwater...

, World Wildlife Fund, amongst others. Together with the nearby Kiunga Marine National Reserve, the Dodori National Reserve was named a UNESCO

UNESCO

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  Man and Biosphere Reserve in 1980.