Kangari Hills Forest Reserve

Infobox Protected area
name = Kangari Hills Forest Reserve
iucn_category = VI


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locator_x = 180
locator_y = 165
location = Sierra Leone
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lat_degrees=8 |lat_minutes=30 |lat_seconds=31 |lat_direction=N
long_degrees=11 |long_minutes=39 |long_seconds=56 |long_direction=W
area = 85.73 km²
established = 1924
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Kangari Hills Forest Reserve is a non-hunting forest reserve in centre of Sierra Leone. The area became a forest reserve in 1924. Laying between 200 and 500 metres above sea level the Reserve has an area of 8,573 hectares (85.73 km²), although parts of this area have been encroached upon by farming and mining. [ [http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/wdbpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=5180&level=nat "World Database on Protected Areas: Site Information"] , UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, retrieved on 09 November 2007] The Reserve is one of the few places in Sierra Leone where the endangered forest elephant survives. [ [http://www.welcometosierraleone.org/eco-tourism.asp "Eco-Tourism"] , Sierra Leone National Tourist Board, retrieved on 09 November 2007]

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Protected areas of Sierra Leone