The history that led to the creation of the national park dates back to the mid-1980s when a large part of the eastern civilian population, shaken by civil war, arrived in the quieter regions of the West. With the increase in population, the pressure on the country's natural resources was reflected in a decline in forestry, in overfishing in lakes and rivers, and in soil fertility. To counteract this scenario, in 1995, authorities and local natives signed the Dari agreement, which decided to protect the forest in the region. In 2002, the Ministry of Environment and Regional Administration of Chad agreed to select an area to transform it into a nature reserve. The project was funded by the German Society for International Cooperation and a French company. In 2007, it was decided to declare the area of the Sena Oura National Park under Law 14 and contribute to the development of a transboundary biosphere reserve, together with the nearby Bouba-Ndjida National Park. In 2008, the National Parliament approved this law and after two years of preparation, in 2010 there was the official birth of the national park.