Kasewe Forest Reserve
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 km. Made up of volcanic rock the hills stand about 500m above the interior plains of the country. 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.
See also
Protected areas of Sierra Leone
References
- ^ World Database on Protected Areas: Site Information, 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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