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Western Area National Park - Quiz
  • 1. In what year did Western Area Peninsula National Park become a national park?
A) 2012
B) 1995
C) 2000
D) 1916
  • 2. Who was the first ever "Conservator of Forests" in Sierra Leone?
A) Charles Lane Poole
B) Sierra Leone's Forestry Department
C) Bala Amarasekaran
D) Sharmila Amarasekaran
  • 3. What is the total area of Western Area Peninsula National Park?
A) 183.37 km²
B) 17,688 hectares
C) 100 acres
D) 68.29 mi²
  • 4. Which organization has accepted the park's application as a tentative UNESCO World Heritage site?
A) Sierra Leonean Forestry Department
B) WAPFoR Project
C) BirdLife International
D) UNESCO
  • 5. What type of forest is the Western Area Peninsula National Park?
A) Rainforest
B) Mangrove forest
C) Tropical dry forest
D) Semi-deciduous closed canopy forest
  • 6. What year was the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary founded?
A) 1988
B) 2012
C) 1995
D) 2003
  • 7. Who founded the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary?
A) Sierra Leonean Forestry Department
B) Charles Lane Poole
C) Bala Amarasekaran
D) Sharmila Amarasekaran
  • 8. What motivated the founding of the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary?
A) UNESCO World Heritage application
B) Deforestation concerns
C) Seeing a baby chimpanzee for sale by the roadside
D) BirdLife International's designation
  • 9. How many local rural school children visit the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary annually?
A) 500
B) 100
C) 10,000
D) More than 2,000
  • 10. What is one of the main threats to the Western Area Peninsula National Park despite its protected status?
A) Wildfires
B) Mining operations
C) Tourism
D) Urban encroachment and related activities
  • 11. What designation has BirdLife International given to the park?
A) Conservation Priority Zone
B) Biodiversity Hotspot
C) World Heritage Site
D) Important Bird Area (IBA)
  • 12. What species are notably protected within the Western Area Peninsula National Park?
A) Endangered birds and three species of duiker
B) Elephants and lions
C) Tigers and pandas
D) Gorillas and rhinos
  • 13. What was the original area of the forest reserve in hectares when it became a protected area?
A) 100 acres
B) 183.37 km²
C) 68.29 mi²
D) 17,688 hectares
  • 14. What project conducted a detailed deforestation study and proposed re-demarcation?
A) WAPFoR Project
B) Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
C) BirdLife International
D) UNESCO
  • 15. What is the size of the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary?
A) 100 acres (40 ha)
B) 17688 hectares
C) 68.29 mi2
D) 183.37 km2
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