THE PROSPCT OF SUSTAINABLE ECOTOURISM IN 生态旅游的可持续发展.ppt

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 Port Loko Plains Proposed 25.90 Sulima Mangrove Swamp Proposed 25.90 Wemago (Gola East) Proposed 35.00 Yelibuya Island Proposed 38.85 Strict Nature Reserves Name Status Area (km2) Sierra Leone River Estuary Designated 2950.00 Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar) EXPOSITION OF SOME PAs TIWAI FOREST RESERVE Tiwai is a wildlife sanctuary of profound ecological importance one of the last remaining tracts of Upper Guinean Congolese Rainforest Established in 1979 as a research centre by leading primatologist, John Oates HISTORY: late 1800’s widowed ‘Queen Nyarroh’ of Barri Chief of Koya (opposite Moa river) just 12 sq km in size: host to 11 primate species, over 135 bird species, numerous butterfly species at least 627 known plant species home to the extremely rare and elusive pygmy hippopotamus Some Touristic Facilities Species at Tiwai Island Camp Tent Facilities and Boating Yellow Barked Duiker West African thrush Tree and Land Pangolin Senegal King Fisher Common Bulbul Outamba-Kilimi National Park Located at the extreme north, about 296 km north of Freetown lies adjacent to the border with the Republic of Guinea, in the Tambakha Chiefdom, Bombali District, Northern province Consist of two areas: Outamba (74,100 ha) Kilimi (36,800 ha), separated by a stretch of land 1000 km 2 in size. vegetation is characterised by a mosaic of grassland, closed woodland and gallery forest Outamba has a predominance of tall grasses and woodland, and patches of closed canopy forest Kilimi has more grassland and more open woodland Outamba has a perennial lake, Lake Idrissa The region is drained by several streams Mongo and Little Scarcies flow into large rivers