Loma Mountains National Park
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Loma Mountains National Park
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 Loma Mansa / Mount Bintumani |
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| location | Northern Province , Sierra Leone | |
| surface | 332.01 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 8517 | |
| Geographical location | 9 ° 11 ' N , 11 ° 7' W | |
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| Setup date | 1972 (2012) | |
| administration | National Protected Area Authority | |
The Loma Mountains National Park ( English Loma Mountains National Park ) is a national park in the West African Sierra Leone . It includes the Loma Mountains of the same name in the north of the country and measures 332.01 square kilometers.
The area was proclaimed a no-hunting forest reserve in 1972 and was given the status of a national park in December 2012 . It is also classified as a national park by the IUCN .
The national park is home to 183 species of mammals , including forest buffalo , Maxwell duiker and chimpanzees in particular . The chimpanzee population (as of 2010) is given as more than 1000. It is said to be the most important refuge for chimpanzees in West Africa . Detected were also elephant , giraffe , hippopotamus and pygmy hippopotamus , 396 bird species and 36 different amphibians .
Web links
- World Database on Protected Areas - Loma Mountains National Park (English)
- World Database on Protected Areas - Loma Mountains National Park (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Sierra Leone - Biodiversity Conservation Project (SLBCP). Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ↑ Implementation Status & Results Sierra Leone SL Bumbuna Hydroelectric Environmental and Social Management project (P086801). The World Bank, June 7, 2013.
- ↑ Sierra Leone National Chimpanzee Census August 2010. Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, 2010, pp. 61f.
- ^ Climate change vulnerability assessments - Loma Mountains. Protected Planet. Retrieved July 5, 2017.