Taking Biodiversity Conservation to the Proposed Lake Piso Nature Reserve

Focus on the proposed 76,000-acre Lake Piso Nature Reserve, one of the areas selected in an MOU between the government of Liberia and Conservation International for setting up a protected area network in Liberia. Conduct inventories of biodiversity and socioeconomic factors to generate information for the establishment of a computerized database for planning purposes, and build the capacity of local communities to effectively manage and conserve their biodiversity resources without extensive external assistance.