This is a list of protected areas of Sierra Leone, including national parks, game reserves, conservation areas, wetlands, and those that are listed as proposed protected areas in the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP WCM) database.
Forest reserves NameStatus Area (km2)Bojeni Hills Designated 7.38Dodo Hills Designated 21.8Fabina Designated 3.82Farangbaia Designated 12.60Freetown Water Works Designated 11.34Gboi Hills Designated 2.07Gola East Designated (amalgamated into Gola Rainforest National Park in 2010)228.00Gola West Designated (amalgamated into Gola Rainforest National Park in 2010)62.00Golamo South Designated 11.60Gori Hills Designated 79.40John Obey Designated 2.07Kambui Hills Designated 143.35Kambui North Designated 203.48Kambui South Designated 8.80Kandesuri Designated 59.57Kasewe Designated 12.24Kent Extension Designated 6.44Kuru Hills Designated 69.93Lalay Designated 4.76Leicester Peak Designated 0.52Lhei Hills Designated 1.55Malal Hills Designated 3.39Matete Designated 8.50Moku Hill Designated 1.46Moyamba Hills Designated 1.89Nimini South Designated 25.90No. 2 River Designated 6.99Occra Hills Designated 2.48Peninsula Designated 178.00Port Loko Designated 2.16Singamba Designated 2.99Sipende Designated 8.29Tabe Designated 3.25Tama Designated 170.00Tobi Designated 16.71Tonkoli Designated 71.04Wara Wara Hills Designated 10.41Waterloo Designated 0.85
Game reserves NameStatus Area (km2)Bagru-Moteva Creeks Proposed 50.00Bumpe Mangrove Swamp Proposed 49.21Kagboro Creek (Yawri Bay) Proposed 50.00Kpaka-Pujehun Proposed 25.00Sewa-Waanje Proposed 100.00
Game sanctuaries NameStatus Area (km2)Bo Plains Proposed 25.90Tiwai Island Designated 12.00
National parks NameStatus Area (km2)Gola Rainforest National Park Designatured 710.70Kuru Hills Proposed 69.93Lake Mape/Mabesi Proposed75.11Lake Sonfon Proposed 51.80Loma Mountains Proposed 332.01Outamba-Kilimi Designated 808.13Western Area Peninsula National Park Designated183.37
Non-hunting forest reserves NameStatus Area (km2)Kangari Hills Designated 85.73Loma Mountains Designated 332.01Tingi Hills (Sankan Biriwa) Designated 118.85Western Area Designated 176.88
Strict nature reserves NameStatus Area (km2)Bonthe Mangrove Swamp Proposed 998.54Gola (West) Forest Proposed62.00Gola North Proposed 40.00Mamunta-Mayoso Sanctuary Proposed 20.72Mogbai (Gola North) (proposed) Proposed Port Loko Plains Proposed 25.90Sulima Mangrove Swamp Proposed25.90Wemago (Gola East) Proposed 35.00Yelibuya Island Proposed 38.85
Wetlands of international importance (Ramsar) NameStatus Area (km2)Sierra Leone River Estuary 2950.00
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
+NameStatusArea (km2)DescriptionYawri BayDesignatedSherbro River EstuaryDesignatedSierra Leone River EstuaryDesignatedScarcies River EstuaryDesignated694The Scarcies River Estuary MPA is located in Northern Sierra Leone and comprises the Great and Little Scarcies which merge at the mouth before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. The MPA consists of both marine and intertidal zones and it is a partially regulated MPA. Four clusters of community management associations have been designated to manage the MPAs. Restricted fishing is allowed using hook and line and bottom set gillnet fishing. The use of monofilament fishing net is prohibited.
Notes
References World Database on Protected Areas: Sierra Leone, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, retrieved on 6 November 2007 Introduction, Sierra Leone National Commission on the Environment and Forestry, retrieved on 9 November 2007 "Ramsar Sites Information Service", Ramsar, retrieved on 10 November 2007 Visit Sierra Leone, retrieved on 6 November 2007 Sheku Sei and Edward Aruna (2009). Socio-economic studies for the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Yawri Bay. Consultancy Report, Pilot project for coastal zone management in Sierra Leone, Funded by Wetlands International and PRCM. Conservation Society Sierra Leone (CSSL)
External links Bird factsheets for some protected areas of Sierra Leone Visit Tacugama Chimp Sanctuary in Western Area