Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Training local community on climate-smart agriculture in Mokumba community.

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Linking Livelihoods to Community-based Conservation to Secure Sierra Leone’s Coastal Yawri Bay

Grantee Name: Conservation Society of Sierra Leone

Hotspot: Guinean Forests of West Africa
Location: Sierra Leone
Amount: $50,000
Dates: Oct 2024 – Oct 2025
Keywords: Awareness, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Forestry, Habitat conservation and management, Livelihoods, Protected Areas, Restoration

Promote sustainable livelihood and income generating activities to incentivize the adoption of good conservation practices and enhance food security for poor communities in Yawri Bay. Conduct community-led restoration of degraded areas and capacitate ecoguards to improve the protection of the Yawri Bay as a marine protected area.

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

Linking Livelihoods to Community-based Conservation to Secure Sierra Leone’s Coastal Yawri Bay

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