Protected Sites
Protection in Progress
create the 406,913-acre Foya Reserve began in 2020 and is ongoing . This landscape is pressured by the same logging , farming and mining activities found elsewhere in the forest .
This ecoregion is home to the third-largest global population of the Western Chimpanzee ( EN ), as well as 300 bird species , 31 fish species , 600 butterfly species and 43 amphibian species .
In addition to safeguarding this wildlife , these protected acres , once completed , will safely store 140,370,192 metric tons of carbon equivalents , comparable to the emissions from 30,245,458 gasoline-powered passenger cars driven for one year .
Since 1988 , we have safeguarded 15,988,837 acres in Africa . Our work on the three projects in Liberia outlined above will result in nearly 1 million protected acres in the Upper Guinean Forest . As pressure from human activities and climate change mounts on habitat and species across Africa , Rainforest Trust is committed to expanding our partnerships and impact for critical habitat and species protection .
River in Liberia | JBarnard © Pygmy Hippo | Chonlasub Woravichan - Shutterstock ©
Protected in Africa
2021 1988-2021
52
Threatened Mammal Species Protected
34
Threatened Bird Species Protected
13
Threatened Amphibian Species Protected
171,677
Acres Saved
Protected Sites
Protection in Progress
31 million mT
CO 2 Equivalents Stored
124
Threatened Mammal Species Protected
84
Threatened Bird Species Protected
37
Threatened Amphibian Species Protected
15,988,837
Acres Saved
1.3 billion mT
CO 2 Equivalents Stored