Lofa-Mano National Park, National park in northwestern Liberia
Lofa-Mano National Park is a protected forest area in northwestern Liberia that stretches along the border with Sierra Leone. The land consists of rainforest with rivers and varied habitats that support different animal populations.
Lofa-Mano was proposed as a national park in 1979 to protect an unexploited forest in north-western Liberia, then described ecologically as "certainly the most abundant in Liberia". The proposal covered 2,300 square kilometres and was meant to complement the adjoining Gola Forest of Sierra Leone. Under the name Gola Forest National Park it was proclaimed in 2016, covering 979.75 square kilometres.
The park's name links the Lofa and Mano rivers of northwestern Liberia; the German sources call the same forest Gola Forest National Park, after the Gola Forest across the Sierra Leone border. The protected area was proclaimed under that name in 2016, covering 979.75 square kilometres.
The park lies in Liberia's far northwest, along the Sierra Leone border near the Gola Rainforest National Park. The cross-border peace park linking the two reserves was still in its project phase as of May 2017, so check the current status before setting out. Access is by road from the interior; no visitor facilities are documented in the sources.
The park connects forest areas on both sides of the border and creates a natural corridor for animals moving between countries. This connection makes it valuable for species that need large territories to roam.
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