Sierra Leone’s Ecotourism Dream Goes Up In Smoke As Forests Face Rapid Destruction
For decades, Sierra Leone has been quietly branded Africa’s “best-kept secret,” a country whose pristine white-sand beaches, lush rainforests and wildlife sanctuaries attracted ecotourists from across the world. But that dream is now under serious threat as illegal land grabbing, uncontrolled logging and foreign-backed extraction tear through protected areas and destroy the very natural assets the country depends on….
