Lofa-Mano National Park
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). The park was proposed to protect an area of unexploited 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". The national park area would complement the adjoining Gola Forest area of Sierra Leone.
The forests are home to species of threatened birds, and the Pan-African duiker.
This area has a high value of biodiversity, where over 60 globally endangered species live, and it is also a critical corridor for wildlife.
References
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- ^ Oates, John F. (1996). African primates: status survey and conservation action plan. IUCN. p. 28. ISBN 978-2-8317-0304-6.
- ^ East, Rod (January 1990). Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional Action Plans. IUCN. p. 49. ISBN 978-2-8317-0016-8.
- ^ BirdLife International. "Guardian communities of Lofa-Mano forest, Liberia". BirdLife. Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2020-12-11.