The Conversation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL), in collaboration with GREENLIFE West Africa (GLWA), are actively working to decrease mangrove degradation and enhance the status of the Yawri Bay marine ecosystem. Supported by the Blue Natural Capital Financing Facility (BNCFF), 50 hectares of degraded mangrove areas in four communities (Ribbimen, Morchail, Moyambe, and Gbankoh) have […]
The biodiversity in the Yawri Bay Landscape of Sierra Leone is facing unprecedented challenges from human activities, climate change, and habitat destruction. It is crucial that we take proactive steps to address these challenges and prioritize the conservation of biodiversity for the benefit of our planet and future generations. GREENLIFE West Africa (GLWA), in partnership
Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL), in partnership with GREENLIFE West Africa (GLWA), has established Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) in five communities (Ribbimen, Morchail, Moyambe, Samu, and Shengebull) located near the Yawri Bay Marine Protected Area in Coastal Sierra Leone. A training was also held from the 14th to 28th of March 2024
Aboveground carbon in pristine mangroves in Sierra Leone exceeds estimates in most other African countries. However, the Yawri Bay coastal landscape in Sierra Leone faces significant mangrove degradation due to unsustainable harvesting of mangrove wood for domestic use and rice farming, undercutting the country’s potential to sequester carbon and support the fight against global warming.
Mangroves provide natural infrastructure that helps protect nearby populated areas by reducing erosion and absorbing storm surge impacts during extreme weather events such as hurricanes, making mangroves critically important to the ecosystem.
The project entitled: ‘Restoring Sacred Groves within the Afadzato South Landscape as Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECM) for Biodiversity Conservation,’ will document and characterize the sacred groves along the Afadzato South socio-ecological production landscape.
As part of joint efforts to create visibility for the EU-funded Programme for the Preservation of Forest Ecosystems in West Africa (PAPFor), GREENLIFE West Africa has played a key role in the production of PAPFor communications materials from January 2022 to April 2024.
In support of the Environmental Protection Agency, GREENLIFE West Africa is developing Liberia’s methane reduction roadmap, and strengthening the capacities of stakeholders, national experts, communities, and key industries to implement it.
According to the Upper Guinean Forest Ecosystem Profile, Yawri Bay is recognized as one of nine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in Sierra Leone. This rich biodiversity hotspot accounts for 14.3% of the total mangrove area in Sierra Leone. Mangroves protect the landscape from the force of rivers and strong marine currents.
GREENLIFE West Africa and Partners Hold a Workshop to Validate Awareness Raising Strategy
In the context of the Paris Agreement signed in 2016, Liberia made pledges to reduce methane emissions as captured in the country’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). The waste and agriculture sectors are two of the main emitters of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that significantly contributes to global warming as it is over 25 times
Limited livelihood opportunities for forest-edged communities in the rural parts of Africa have created a dependency on forests for economic and social benefits. As a result, forest and marine resources face exploitation, leading to habitat destruction and loss of biodiversity including a rapid decline in the population of critical species such as chimpanzees and hippopotamus. This
On September 4, 2021, GREENLIFE West Africa in collaboration with the Coastal Environmental Watch Organization (CEWO) organized a start-up workshop at the Bonthe Town Municipal Council Hall to inform key stakeholders about the project’s implementation strategies. Participants included representatives from all the twelve (12) targeted communities (Yargoi, York Island, Momaya, Borpu, Jayehun, Sengehun, Bomp lake,
In response to the Bonn Challenge, the Government of Sierra Leone pledged to restore seven hundred thousand (700,000) hectares of its degraded forestland. This pledge has stimulated Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) activities across the country. Hence, GREENLIFE West Africa, a regional NGO implementing development activities geared towards sustainable natural resource management, was contracted by the
