Western Area Forest Reserve

Western Area Forest Reserve

Western Area Forest Reserve is a non-hunting forest reserves in Sierra Leone. The area became a forest reserve in 1916 and has an area of 17,688 hectares (0.17 km²). [ [http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/wdbpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=5179&level=nat "World Database on Protected Areas: Information Sheet"] , UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, retrieved on 09 November 2007] The Reserve is home to the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary which was founded in 1995. [ [http://www.tacugama.com/ The Sanctuary "Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary"] , Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary (2007), retrieved on 09 November 2007]

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Protected areas of Sierra Leone


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