Lofa-Mano National Park
| Lofa-Mano National Park | |
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| Location | Liberia |
| Coordinates | 7°28′00″N 10°35′00″W / 7.46666666°N 10.58333333°W |
| Area | 2,300 square kilometres (890 sq mi) |
The Lofa-Mano National Park is a proposed national park in Liberia. It was proposed in 1979. This site is 2,300 square kilometres (890 sq mi).[1] The park was proposed to protect an area of unexploited[2] forest in the north-west of the country, bordering Sierra Leone, an area described ecologically at the time as "certainly the most abundant in Liberia".[1] The national park area would complement the adjoining Gola Forest area of Sierra Leone.[3]
Environment
[edit]The area has a high value of biodiversity, where over 60 globally endangered species live, and it is also a critical corridor for wildlife.[4] The forests are home to several threatened birds,[1] and the site has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of many bird species.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Collar, N. J.; Stuart, S. N. (1 January 1988). Key Forests for Threatened Birds in Africa. International Council for Bird Preservation. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-946888-15-3.
- ^ Bourdelle, Edouard (1991). Mammalia. Muséum National D'histoire Naturelle. p. 515.
- ^ Oates, John F. (1996). African primates: status survey and conservation action plan. IUCN. p. 28. ISBN 978-2-8317-0304-6.
- ^ BirdLife International. "Guardian communities of Lofa-Mano forest, Liberia". BirdLife. Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
- ^ "Lofa-Gola-Mano Complex". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
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