Nimba National Forest

Nimba National Forest is a national forest in Nimba County, Liberia. The forest, which borders Guinea and Ivory Coast, has eastern and western sections that cover and respectively. It is also known as the Mount Nimba Forest Reserves.

Environment

It is thought that the reserves supported populations of western chimpanzees before the first and second Liberian civil wars, and local people report that populations increased in those areas during the wars. However, these regions were subsequently heavily impacted by factional fighting, resource extraction and civil displacements.
The forest has been designated an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of many bird species. In the Nimba Range area, conservation agreements linked to biodiversity protection and community livelihoods have involved Conservation International Liberia in partnership with ArcelorMittal.