Gola Forest National Park

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Gola Forest National Park
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location Liberia
surface 979.75 km²
WDPA ID 9171
Geographical location 7 ° 47 '  N , 10 ° 22'  W Coordinates: 7 ° 47 '0 "  N , 10 ° 22' 0"  W
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Map of Liberia
Setup date 2003 (2016)
administration Department of Forest Conservation, Forestry Development Authority
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The Gola Forest National Park ( English Gola Forest National Park ), formerly Lofa-Mano , is a national park in Liberia . It is located in the west of the country and borders the Gola Rainforest National Park in neighboring Sierra Leone .

The nature reserve was proclaimed under its current name in 2016 and covers an area of ​​979.75 square kilometers . It is considered to be one of the most important forest reserves in West Africa and one of the last untouched primary forests in Africa. As part of the Guinea forest of West Africa , the national park is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots .

The establishment of the cross-border park with Sierra Leone is planned. This is (as of May 2017) in the project phase under the Across the River - a Transboundary Peace Park for Sierra Leone and Liberia Project .

fauna and Flora

Nile pike , such as Brienomyrus brachyistius and Brienomyrus longianalis, live in the rivers . In the typical tropical rainforest there are said to be monkeys (including chimpanzees ) , pygmy hippos , bushbucks , bongos and the threatened zebra suckers . Little is known about the forest elephant population there ; In 1980 there should have been only about 150 animals. They can only survive if they have enough habitat for tropical woods despite the exploitation of the rainforest .

literature

  • Wally and Horst Hagen: The African national parks as habitats for elephants . In: Vitus B. Dröscher (1990): Save the Elephants of Africa (p. 217)
  • Recommendations for species protection and national parks in Liberia , FAO (English; PDF file, 770 kB)
  • Annika Hillers: Final Report on the Activities of the Research Unit: Across the River - A Transboundary Peace Park for Sierra Leone and Liberia 2010-2013. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, September 2013. ( PDF )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gola Rainforest National Park - Tentative Lists Sierra Leone. UNESCO, June 1, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  2. ^ Liberia passes Gola Forest National Park Act into law. GNN Liberia, October 3, 2016.
  3. ^ New National Park Offers Protection for Forest Elephants in Liberia. Rainforest Trust, September 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Gola Forest National Park in Liberia Protected Planet. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  5. ↑ Biodiversity Hotspots - Guinean Forests of West Africa ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.biodiversityhotspots.org
  6. ^ Gola Rainforest National Park: UNEP welcomes the opening of Sierra Leone's second national park , UNEP , December 3, 2011, accessed December 26, 2013.
  7. ^ Across the River: a transboundary peace park for Sierra Leone and Liberia Project. BirdLife International. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  8. ↑ Brienomyrus brachyistius on Fishbase.org (English)