This is a list of protected areas of

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...

, including national parks,

game reserve A game reserve (also known as a wildlife preserve or a game park) is a large area of land where wild animals live safely or are hunted in a controlled way for sport. If hunting is prohibited, a game reserve may be considered a nature reserve; ...

s, conservation areas,

wetland A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The p ...

s, and those that are listed as proposed protected areas in the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP WCM) database.

Forest reserves

Game reserves

Game sanctuaries

National parks

Non-hunting forest reserves

Strict nature reserves

Wetlands of international importance (Ramsar)

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

Notes

References

''World Database on Protected Areas: Sierra Leone''
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, retrieved on 6 November 2007

Sierra Leone National Commission on the Environment and Forestry, retrieved on 9 November 2007

Ramsar Ramsar may refer to: * Places so named: ** Ramsar, Mazandaran, city in Iran ** Ramsar, Rajasthan, village in India * Eponyms of the Iranian city: ** Ramsar Convention concerning wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran ** Ramsar site, wetland listed in ...

, 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

* ttp://www.tacugama.com Visit Tacugama Chimp Sanctuary in Western Area {{Africa in topic, List of national parks of

National parks of Sierra Leone,

National parks A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individua ...

Lists of tourist attractions in Sierra Leone, Protected areas