Tingi Hills Forest Reserve

Infobox Protected area
name = Tingi Hills Forest Reserve
iucn_category = II


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locator_x = 262
locator_y = 125
location = Sierra Leone
nearest_city = Sefadu
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 = 118.85 km²
established = 1947
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world_heritage_site =The Tingi Hills Forest Reserve is located in a mountain range in the east of Sierra Leone and occupies an area of 118.85 km². [ [http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/wdbpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=10732&level=nat"World Database on Protected Areas: site Information"] , UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, retrieved on 12 November 2007] It became a forest reserve in 1947 and a non-hunting forest reserve in 1973. The area reaches from an altitude of 400 to 1850 metres at the north peak of the dual peaked Sankan Biriwa massif. In the lower regions the area consists of forest interspersed with savannah then moves into shrub savannah and then mountain grassland at higher altitudes. Over 200 Species of birds have been recorded in the area and the reserve is also home to western baboons and forest elephants. [ [http://www.welcometosierraleone.org/eco-tourism.asp "Eco-Tourism"] , Sierra Leone National Tourist Board, retrieved on 17 November 2007] [ [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sites/index.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=6833&m=0 "BirdLife IBA Factsheet: Tingi Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve"] , BirdLife International (2007, retrieved on 17 November 2007]

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Protected areas of Sierra Leone