[1] The park protects important tracts of forest and savannah, and is considered a conservation priority for West Africa as a whole.

This area has a low population because of widespread river-blindness and the atrocities of Samory Touré in the latter part of the 19th century.

The government manages fishing, hunting, and timber harvesting in cooperation with local communities.

[2] The park covers several ecological zones, the dominant is that of savannah, consisting of woodland and bushland.

In 1997, lion (Panthera leo) returned to the protected area, probably migrating from the Tinkisso River region.