Tingi Hills Forest Reserve

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Infobox Protected area

The Tingi Hills Forest Reserve is located in a mountain range in the east of Sierra Leone and occupies an area of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1] It became a forest reserve in 1947 and a non-hunting forest reserve in 1973.

Environment

The area reaches from an elevation Script error: No such module "convert". 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.[2][3] The reserve has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of many bird species.[4]

See also

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. World Database on Protected Areas: site Information, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, retrieved on 12 November 2007
  2. Eco-Tourism, Sierra Leone National Tourist Board, retrieved on 17 November 2007
  3. BirdLife IBA Factsheet: Tingi Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve, BirdLife International (2007, retrieved on 17 November 2007
  4. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".


Template:Asbox Template:Asbox