Kangari Hills Forest Reserve
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| Kangari Hills Forest Reserve | |
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| IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area) | |
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| Location | Sierra Leone |
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| Area | 85.73 km² |
| Established | 1924 |
Kangari Hills Forest Reserve is a non-hunting forest reserve in centre of Sierra Leone. The area became a forest reserve in 1924. Laying between 200 and 500 metres above sea level the Reserve has an area of 8,573 hectares (85.73 km²), although parts of this area have been encroached upon by farming and mining.[1] The Reserve is one of the few places in Sierra Leone where the endangered forest elephant survives.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ World Database on Protected Areas: Site Information, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, retrieved on 09 November 2007
- ^ Eco-Tourism, Sierra Leone National Tourist Board, retrieved on 09 November 2007
[edit] See also
Protected areas of Sierra Leone
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