Forest reserves
Name |
Status |
Area (km²) |
Bojeni Hills | Designated | 7.38 |
Dodo Hills | Designated | 21.8 |
Fabina | Designated | 3.82 |
Farangbaia | Designated | 12.60 |
Freetown Water Works | Designated | 11.34 |
Gboi Hills | Designated | 2.07 |
Gola East | Designated (amalgamated into Gola Rainforest National Park in 2010) | 228.00 |
Gola West | Designated (amalgamated into Gola Rainforest National Park in 2010) | 62.00 |
Golamo South | Designated | 11.60 |
Gori Hills | Designated | 79.40 |
John Obey | Designated | 2.07 |
Kambui Hills | Designated | 143.35 |
Kambui North | Designated | 203.48 |
Kambui South | Designated | 8.80 |
Kandesuri | Designated | 59.57 |
Kasewe | Designated | 12.24 |
Kent Extension | Designated | 6.44 |
Kuru Hills | Designated | 69.93 |
Lalay | Designated | 4.76 |
Leicester Peak | Designated | 0.52 |
Lhei Hills | Designated | 1.55 |
Malal Hills | Designated | 3.39 |
Matete | Designated | 8.50 |
Moku Hill | Designated | 1.46 |
Moyamba Hills | Designated | 1.89 |
Nimini South | Designated | 25.90 |
No. 2 River | Designated | 6.99 |
Occra Hills | Designated | 2.48 |
Peninsula | Designated | 178.00 |
Port Loko | Designated | 2.16 |
Singamba | Designated | 2.99 |
Sipende | Designated | 8.29 |
Tabe | Designated | 3.25 |
Tama | Designated | 170.00 |
Tobi | Designated | 16.71 |
Tonkoli | Designated | 71.04 |
Wara Wara Hills | Designated | 10.41 |
Waterloo | Designated | 0.85 |
Game reserves
Name |
Status |
Area (km²) |
Bagru-Moteva Creeks | Proposed | 50.00 |
Bumpe Mangrove Swamp | Proposed | 49.21 |
Kagboro Creek (Yawri Bay) | Proposed | 50.00 |
Kpaka-Pujehun | Proposed | 25.00 |
Sewa-Waanje | Proposed | 100.00 |
Non-hunting forest reserves
Strict nature reserves
Name |
Status |
Area (km²) |
Bonthe Mangrove Swamp | Proposed | 998.54 |
Gola (West) Forest | Proposed | 62.00 |
Gola North | Proposed | 40.00 |
Mamunta-Mayoso Sanctuary | Proposed | 20.72 |
Mogbai (Gola North) (proposed) | Proposed | |
Port Loko Plains | Proposed | 25.90 |
Sulima Mangrove Swamp | Proposed | 25.90 |
Wemago (Gola East) | Proposed | 35.00 |
Yelibuya Island | Proposed | 38.85 |
Wetlands of international importance (Ramsar)
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Name |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Description |
Yawri Bay |
Designated |
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Sherbro River Estuary |
Designated |
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Sierra Leone River Estuary |
Designated |
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Scarcies River Estuary |
Designated |
694 |
The Scarcies River Estuary MPA is located in Northern Sierra Leone and comprises the Great and Little Scarcies which merge at the mouth before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. The MPA consists of both marine and intertidal zones and it is a partially regulated MPA. Four Clusters of Community Management Associations have been designated to manage the MPAs. Restricted fishing is allowed using hook and line and bottom set gillnet fishing. The use of monofilament fishing net is prohibited. |
References
- World Database on Protected Areas: Sierra Leone, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, retrieved on 6 November 2007
- Introduction, Sierra Leone National Commission on the Environment and Forestry, retrieved on 9 November 2007
- RAMSAR site information service, RAMSAR, retrieved on 10 November 2007
- Visit Sierra Leone, retrieved on 6 November 2007
- Sheku Sei and Edward Aruna (2009). Socio-economic studies for the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Yawri Bay. Consultancy Report, Pilot project for coastal zone management in Sierra Leone, Funded by Wetlands International and PRCM. Conservation Society Sierra Leone (CSSL)
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