List of national parks of Sierra Leone

This is a list of protected areas of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

including National Park

National park

A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...

s, Game reserve

Game reserve

A game reserve is an area of land set aside for maintenance of wildlife for tourism or hunting purposes. Many game reserves are located in Africa. Most are open to the public, and tourists commonly take sightseeing safaris or hunt wild game....

s, conservation area

Conservation area

A conservation areas is a tract of land that has been awarded protected status in order to ensure that natural features, cultural heritage or biota are safeguarded...

s and wetland

Wetland

A wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with water either permanently or seasonally. Wetlands are categorised by their characteristic vegetation, which is adapted to these unique soil conditions....

s and those that are listed as proposed protected areas in the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP WCM) database.

Forest Reserves

Name	Status	Area (km²)
Bojeni Hills	Designated	7.38
Dodo Hills	Designated	21.8
Fabina	Designated	3.82
Farangbaia Farangbaia Forest Reserve Farangbaia Forest Reserve is a forest reserve with a rainforest ecosystem in Sierra Leone. The Reserve covers an area of 1,260 hectares, is located approximately 10km to the south-east of the town of Bumbuna and forms part of the catchment area for the Seli River...	Designated	12.60
Freetown Water Works	Designated	11.34
Gboi Hills	Designated	2.07
Gola East	Designated	228.00
Gola West Gola West The Gola Rainforest National Park was enacted by the Sierra Leone Parliament in December 2010 and amalgamates Gola North Forest Reserve, Gola East Forest Reserve and Gola West Forest Reserves, being Sierra Leone's second national park....	Designated	62.00
Golamo South	Designated	11.60
Gori Hills	Designated	79.40
John Obey	Designated	2.07
Kambui Hills Kambui Hills Forest Reserve The Kambui Hills Forest Reserve occupies an area of 14,335 hectares in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. It is located 10 kilometres from the town of Kenema with terrain consisting of steep slopes that reach an altitude of between 100 and 645 metres. The area mainly contains forest habitat but...	Designated	143.35
Kambui North	Designated	203.48
Kambui South	Designated	8.80
Kandesuri	Designated	59.57
Kasewe Kasewe Forest Reserve Kasewe Forest Reserve is an area of hills in the Moyamba District of Sierra Leone . It is designated as a forest reserve and contains moist semi-deciduous and evergreen forests that cover an area of 1.224 km². Made up of volcanic rock the hills stand about 500m above the interior plains of the...	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

Game Sanctuaries

Name	Status	Area (km²)
Bo Plains Bo Plains The Bo Plains are located in the south of Sierra Leone by the city of Bo. The plains are mainly made up of savannah and 2,590 hectares of the area have been proposed as a game sanctuary....	Proposed	25.90
Tiwai Island Tiwai Island Tiwai Island is a wildlife sanctuary and tourist site in Sierra Leone. Run by the non-governmental organization Environmental Foundation for Africa, Tiwai is 12 square kilometers in area and located on the Moa River in the Southern Province...	Designated	12.00

National Parks

Name	Status	Area (km²)
Kuru Hills	Proposed	69.93
Lake Mape/Mabesi	Proposed	75.11
Lake Sonfon	Proposed	51.80
Loma Mountains	Proposed	332.01
Outamba-Kilimi Outamba-Kilimi National Park Outamba-Kilimi National Park is located in northwest Sierra Leone near the border with the Republic of Guinea. The park is divided into two areas, Outamba and Kilimi . The area became a game reserve in 1974, and was made a National Park in January 1986...	Designated	808.13
Western Area	Proposed	176.88

Non-Hunting Forest Reserves

Name	Status	Area (km²)
Kangari Hills Kangari Hills Forest Reserve 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 , although parts of this area have been encroached upon by farming and mining...	Designated	85.73
Loma Mountains Loma Mountains The Loma Mountains are the highest mountain range in the West African country of Sierra Leone. The highest peak is Mount Bintumani which rises to a height of 1,945 m . The area has been designated a non-hunting forest reserve since 1952. The reserve covers an area of 33,201 hectares.-References:...	Designated	332.01
Tingi Hills Tingi Hills Forest Reserve 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. 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 Sankan Biriwa Sankan Biriwa is a mountain massif in the east of Sierra Leone with two peaks, both over 1,800 metres, the northernmost is the second highest in Sierra Leone at 1,850 m. The mountain is part of the Tingi Hills Forest Reserve.-See also:... )	Designated	118.85
Western Area Western Area Forest Reserve Western Area Forest Reserve, also known as the Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve, is a non-hunting forest reserve in Sierra Leone. The area became a forest reserve in 1916 and has an area of . It was demarcated by Charles Lane Poole, Sierra Leone's first ever 'Conservator of Forests,' and...	Designated	176.88

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)

Name	Status	Area (km²)
Sierra Leone River Estuary Sierra Leone River The Sierra Leone River is a river estuary on the Atlantic Ocean in Western Sierra Leone. It is formed by the Port Loko Creek and Rokel River and is between 4 and 10 miles wide and 25 miles long. It holds the major ports of Queen Elizabeth II Quay and Pepel. The estuary is also important for...		2950.00

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