Kasewe Forest Reserve
8°18′53″N 12°15′43″W / 8.31472°N 12.26194°W
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.[1][2] Made up of volcanic rock the hills stand about 500m above the interior plains of the country.[3][4] The nearest town is Lunsar.
Despite the lack of credible data on the biodiversity of this forest reserve, it is still believed that a significant number of endangered mammal species live in it. It is also known that the reserve suffers great consequences from the huge deforestation.[5]
See also
[edit]Protected areas of Sierra Leone
References
[edit]- ^ World Database on Protected Areas: Site Information[permanent dead link], UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, retrieved on 10 January 2008
- ^ Broadleaved forests Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, 10 January 2008
- ^ D. J. Bowden, The geochemistry and development of lateritized footslope benches: The Kasewe Hills, Sierra Leone, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 120, p. 295-305 (1997), retrieved on 10 January 2008
- ^ Lytwyn, Jennifer; Burke, Kevin; Culver, Stephen (2006). "The nature and location of the suture zone in the Rokelide orogen, Sierra Leone: Geochemical evidence". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 46 (5): 439–454. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.08.004.
- ^ "A Rapid Survey of Large Mammals in Kasewe Forest Reserve, Sierra Leone".
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