List of protected areas of Sierra Leone
This is a list of protected areas of Sierra Leone including National Parks, Game reserves, conservation areas and wetlands and those that are listed as proposed protected areas in the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP WCM) database.
Forest Reserves
Name |
Status |
Area (km²) |
Bojeni Hills |
Designated |
7.38 |
Dodo Hills |
Designated |
21.8 |
Fabina |
Designated |
3.82 |
Farangbaia |
Designated |
12.60 |
Freetown Water Works |
Designated |
11.34 |
Gboi Hills |
Designated |
2.07 |
Gola East |
Designated |
228.00 |
Gola West |
Designated |
62.00 |
Golamo South |
Designated |
11.60 |
Gori Hills |
Designated |
79.40 |
John Obey |
Designated |
2.07 |
Kambui Hills |
Designated |
143.35 |
Kambui North |
Designated |
203.48 |
Kambui South |
Designated |
8.80 |
Kandesuri |
Designated |
59.57 |
Kasewe |
Designated |
12.24 |
Kent Extension |
Designated |
6.44 |
Kuru Hills |
Designated |
69.93 |
Lalay |
Designated |
4.76 |
Leicester Peak |
Designated |
0.52 |
Lhei Hills |
Designated |
1.55 |
Malal Hills |
Designated |
3.39 |
Matete |
Designated |
8.50 |
Moku Hill |
Designated |
1.46 |
Moyamba Hills |
Designated |
1.89 |
Nimini South |
Designated |
25.90 |
No. 2 River |
Designated |
6.99 |
Occra Hills |
Designated |
2.48 |
Peninsula |
Designated |
178.00 |
Port Loko |
Designated |
2.16 |
Singamba |
Designated |
2.99 |
Sipende |
Designated |
8.29 |
Tabe |
Designated |
3.25 |
Tama |
Designated |
170.00 |
Tobi |
Designated |
16.71 |
Tonkoli |
Designated |
71.04 |
Wara Wara Hills |
Designated |
10.41 |
Waterloo |
Designated |
0.85 |
Game Reserves
Name |
Status |
Area (km²) |
Bagru-Moteva Creeks |
Proposed |
50.00 |
Bumpe Mangrove Swamp |
Proposed |
49.21 |
Kagboro Creek (Yawri Bay) |
Proposed |
50.00 |
Kpaka-Pujehun |
Proposed |
25.00 |
Sewa-Waanje |
Proposed |
100.00 |
Game Sanctuaries
National Parks
Name |
Status |
Area (km²) |
Kuru Hills |
Proposed |
69.93 |
Lake Mape/Mabesi |
Proposed |
75.11 |
Lake Sonfon |
Proposed |
51.80 |
Loma Mountains |
Proposed |
332.01 |
Outamba-Kilimi |
Designated |
808.13 |
Western Area |
Proposed |
176.88 |
Non-Hunting Forest Reserves
Strict Nature Reserves
Name |
Status |
Area (km²) |
Bonthe Mangrove Swamp |
Proposed |
998.54 |
Gola (West) Forest |
Proposed |
62.00 |
Gola North |
Proposed |
40.00 |
Mamunta-Mayoso Sanctuary |
Proposed |
20.72 |
Mogbai (Gola North) (proposed) |
Proposed |
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Port Loko Plains |
Proposed |
25.90 |
Sulima Mangrove Swamp |
Proposed |
25.90 |
Wemago (Gola East) |
Proposed |
35.00 |
Yelibuya Island |
Proposed |
38.85 |
Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar)
Notes
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Protected areas of Africa
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Sovereign
states |
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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States with limited
recognition |
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
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Dependencies and
other territories |
- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Mayotte / Réunion (France)
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
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