Sierra Leone — the Gola rainforest
RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION in Sierra Leone has been more thorough than in most other West African countries. Only about 4 percent of the land is now under forest compared to 60 percent originally. Between them, ICBP and the UK Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), with the agreement of the Sierra Leone Government, are attempting to conserve the 750 km2 Gola Forest Reserves in the country’s south-east. The lowland forest is a critical region for at least nine of the world’s most endangered species, including the white-necked picathartes, an extraordinary bird with a strange name and looks to match. Conservation of the forest will not be easy; local people depend on it for their livelihood. A first step will be to decide on those areas where some logging can be allowed, against areas which are to be strictly protected as nature reserves, and where neither hunting nor logging can be permitted.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 3, 1 August 1991, Page 8
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157Sierra Leone — the Gola rainforest Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 3, 1 August 1991, Page 8
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