How is environmental DNA helping monitor biodiversity in Gola?

Nearly 5,000m away, the Gola Rainforest National Park in Sierra Leone is one of the largest remaining blocks of Upper Guinea Forest. With such a large area, biodiversity surveying can often be tricky...
For the love of... Gola Rainforest

This Valentine’s Day, as part of the Climate Coalition , the RSPB shall once again be calling for action to tackle climate change to protect the people and places we love. To support their #showthelove...
The impact of Gola Rainforest in Sierra Leone (part 1): a focus on chocolate

“When Gola came here, I didn’t want it because the forest was my livelihood. Now, I want Gola to stay because it taught us cocoa farming.” [Quote from a member of cocoa production cooperative.] During...
Good news for a Friday: eat chocolate and save a rainforest?

It feels like a nature conservation marketing dream, but we are getting closer to the day when we can ask people to eat a chocolate bar to help save a rainforest. Let me explain... The RSPB is developing...
Living in the Gola forests - Pygmy hippos and people

Guest blog by Dr. Annika Hillers , Conservation Scientist, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science Between 2010 and 2014 the research teams in the Gola Forests in Sierra Leone and Liberia conducted various...