Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Improve Livelihoods of Gola Rainforest Communities Using Apiculture, Sierra Leone

Grantee Name: Greening Economies, Environments and Lives in Fifteen States of West Africa-Sierra Leone

Hotspot: Guinean Forests of West Africa
Location: Sierra Leone
Amount: $24,996
Dates: Aug 2021 – Apr 2022
Keywords: Livelihoods, Non-timber Forest Products (incl. fuelwood), Employment

Increase the use of apiculture (beekeeping) around the Gola Forest Reserve and the Gola Rainforest National Park to support biodiversity and improve local livelihoods. Build beekeeping capacity in two local communities and further promote the benefits to the broader community through engagement meetings and radio broadcasts.

Strategic Direction :

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