Kabafita Forest Park
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| Location: | West Coast , Gambia | ||
| Next city: | Brikama | ||
| Surface: | 243 ha | ||
| Founding: | January 1, 1954 | ||
| Visitors: | public | ||
The Kabafita Forest Park is a forest area in the West African state of Gambia .
topography
The approximately 2.8 by 0.8 kilometers or 243 hectares of tree savannah is located in the West Coast Region , Kombo Central district . It is just north of the town of Brikama and is east of the South Bank Road , Gambia's main trunk road that goes from Serrekunda to Brikama. The Nymbai Forest Park is on the other side of the street .
The forest area is used, among other things, to obtain firewood through afforestation with fast-growing softwood . The afforestation was financially supported by the Gambian-German Forestry Project .
There are also some mango plantations here . To observe the following birds: Wahlberg eagle (or Silver Eagle) ( Hieraaetus wahlbergi ), African Hobby (or Africa-Eurasian Hobby) ( Falco cuvierii ) Gold Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx caprius ) Baumhopf ( Phoeniculus purpureus ), Greater Honeyguide ( Indicator indicator ) Graubrust Woodpecker ( Dendropicos goertae ), whistling Cistensänger ( Cisticola lateralis ) and African Black ear oriole ( Oriolus auratus ).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ilona Hupe: Gambia. Small vacation paradise in West Africa. 2nd updated edition. Horn Ilona Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-932084-19-5
- ↑ Stephen C. Stringall, Dody Broyles: Gambia. International Travel Maps, Vancouver 2003, ISBN 1-55341-217-6 (map, 96 × 61 cm, 1: 350,000)