Kangari Hills Forest Reserve

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Kangari Hills Forest Reserve

IUCN Category VI - Protected Area with Sustainable use of Natural Resources

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location West Africa
surface 212.1 km²
WDPA ID 5180
Geographical location 8 ° 30 ′  N , 11 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 8 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  W
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Map of Sierra Leone
Setup date 1924
administration The Wildlife Conservation Branch of the Ministry of Forestry

The Kangari Hills Forest Reserve ( English Kangari Hills Forest Reserve ) is a forest reserve without hunting in the West African Sierra Leone . The protected area lies at an altitude of 200 to 600  m and was proclaimed as one of the first protected areas in the country in 1924. It has an area of ​​212.1 square kilometers and is located in the Southern Province .

Vegetation, flora and fauna

The protected area consists of around 65 percent evergreen tropical wet forest and 20 percent savannah . The forest reserve is home to numerous rare bird and mammal species, including leopards and elephants . Chimpanzees were found in small numbers (as of 2010).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UNEP supports assessment to determine boundaries of 88-year-old Kangari Hills Forest Reserve. UNEP, March 4, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2014
  2. ^ A b Kangari Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve. BirdLife International. Retrieved February 20, 2014
  3. ↑ KANGARI HILLS FOREST RESERVE. VisitSierraLeone.org ( Memento of the original dated February 26, 2014 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. Retrieved February 20, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.visitsierraleone.org
  4. ↑ Sierra Leone National Chimpanzee Census August 2010. Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, 2010, pp. 54f.