Coastal Areas
Mapping of the Sherbro River Estuary: A Step Toward Biodiversity Protection in Sierra Leone
Dec 04, 2019Climate Change, Coastal Areas, Increasing Coastal Resilience to Climate Change, Sierra leone
By Zebedee Njisuh, WA BiCC Landscape Manager The recent field mapping exercise of the Sherbro River Estuary (SRE) marked a fresh approach to field mapping in Sierra Leone; one that recognized community members as important stakeholders to environmental sustainability. The mapping activity is a collaborative effort among USAID’s West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WA…
Mangrove Restoration Training Motivates a Sierra Leone Coastal Community to Expand its Restoration Efforts
Aug 26, 2019Abidjan Convention, Climate Change, Coastal Areas, Increasing Coastal Resilience to Climate Change, mangroves, Sierra leone
As rising sea levels threaten West Africa’s coasts, communities large and small are looking to mangrove restoration as an essential protective measure. However, getting a mangrove nursery off the ground requires three to six months of dedicated community inputs including time and labor, and finding sufficient time and energy can be a struggle given other…
Africa’s Atlantic Coast Gets a Boost for Sustainable Management
Jul 15, 2019Abidjan Convention, Coastal Areas, Increasing Coastal Resilience to Climate Change, Policy
The Plenipotentiaries to the Abidjan Convention met on July 2nd 2019 in Abidjan for what participants soundly agreed was a very successful gathering, taking unprecedented steps towards the conservation and sustainable management of marine and coastal ecosystems from Morocco to South Africa. Under the chairmanship of Cote d’Ivoire’s Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, his…