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Introduction	Farasuto Forest (sometimes referred to as Farasutu Forest) is among the few remaining and now isolated forest patches left in the whole of the Gambia. It transpires that the forest surrounding Farasuto was cut down about 60 years ago (local information from Babagelleh Bah), that is in the late 1940s. The section which is now the reserve was left as the place for ceremonial male and female circumcisions. It may be compared with the somewhat larger Abuko forest which will be known to many visitors to the country. Abuko is the Gambia’s largest remnant block of forest (around 45 ha, 110 acres; more if you include the reserve’s woodland) and is apparently the Gambia’s most visited tourist destination. Farasuto Forest is small in comparison (4.5ha, 11 acres) and lies about 10 miles south-east of Abuko.

Introduction

Farasuto Forest (sometimes referred to as Farasutu Forest) is among the few remaining and now isolated forest patches left in the whole of the Gambia. It transpires that the forest surrounding Farasuto was cut down about 60 years ago (local information from Babagelleh Bah), that is in the late 1940s. The section which is now the reserve was left as the place for ceremonial male and female circumcisions. It may be compared with the somewhat larger Abuko forest which will be known to many visitors to the country. Abuko is the Gambia’s largest remnant block of forest (around 45 ha, 110 acres; more if you include the reserve’s woodland) and is apparently the Gambia’s most visited tourist destination. Farasuto Forest is small in comparison (4.5ha, 11 acres) and lies about 10 miles south-east of Abuko.