Fig. 1: The Gola Rainforest in Sierra Leone. Source: Sathya Chandra Sagar, 2022 How effective are protection measures truly? The same scenario plays out all over the world in environmental protection: a new initiative, policy, or protection zone is established, and funds, energy, and time are spent to enforce it, but when it comes to monitoring the actual success throughout the years, many challenges present themselves. The very characteristics that make a region worthy of pr

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