Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Degraded farmland being restored.

© Friends of Ecosystem and the Environment – FEE / Image by M Marcus Paye

Community-led Coastal Biodiversity Management in Cestos-Senkwen, Liberia

Grantee Name: Friends of Ecosystem and the Environment

Hotspot: Guinean Forests of West Africa
Location: Liberia
Amount: $44,100
Dates: Sep 2018 – Mar 2020
Keywords: Habitat conservation and management, Poverty

Provide critical support to the local people’s efforts to strengthen the coastal and marine protected area system and conservation of globally significant species and habitats in the Cesto-Senkwen.

Strategic Direction : 1 Empower local communities to engage in sustainable management of 40 priority sites and consolidate ecological connectivity at the landscape scale