I just got word that the loggers are back after a raining season/covid hiatus to finish off logging what is left of Sierra Leone’s oldest NP, despite the fact the govt just hired 500 new game guards for NPs.

#SierraLeone #SaloneTwitter
Is it so much to ask that *someone* with the power to stop this give a shit about one of Sierra Leone’s biodiversity hotspots?

Where you can see hippos? Elephants? And... if you’re lucky... even hear LIONS?

But no, please, keep exporting tropical hardwoods
@UmaruFofana @tonkolili @VickieRemoe @MEMLAW1

I know I’m probably shouting from the rooftops of Twitter in vain, but I love that forest so much, ill keep shouting and shamelessly tagging people

I don’t think the park will come out of 2020 the same...
SORRY TO SAY #SIERRALEONE THIS BUT MASSIVE NATURAL RESOURCE EXTRACTION DOESNT REALLY GO HAND IN HAND WITH ECOTOURISM

Seriously who would want to visit a place they have to listen to chainsaws all night at. Don’t believe me? Here’s a video of me listening to chainsaws at the park
What Sierra Leone Govt is choosing vs what Sierra Leone is loosing
What the Sierra Leone govt is choosing vs what Sierra Leone is loosing
Today, I’m angry. Today, I’m mourning.

Tomorrow, we work on solutions.
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