Project
Protecting Threatened Species in the Gola Forest
Initiative
Duration
2021 - 2022
Location
Liberia, Sierra Leone
Species protected
Western Chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes ssp. verus
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Choeropsis liberiensis
Western Red Colobus
Piliocolobus badius
Project objectives
This project aims to prevent increased poaching and illegal activity in Sierra Leone’s Gola Rainforest and Liberia’s Gola Forest National Parks following the COVID-19 pandemic. It will do so by undertaking cross-border joint border patrols, increasing their intensity and reinforcing the local community’s involvement in species conservation.
This project is implemented by Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia.
Threats
Human-wildlife conflict
Poaching
This project is part of the IUCN Save Our Species African Wildlife initiative, which is co-funded by the European Union.
