Interactive Radio Program Increases Knowledge on Forest and Wildlife Conservation in West Africa
By Darius Barrolle, Senior Communications Specialist Once again, entertainment-education has proven to be an effective tool for increasing knowledge and promoting best practices in forest and wildlife conservation. After only 3 months of broadcast, the “Forest Blessings” radio drama and...
Sierra Leone Re-Enforces its Commitment to the Effective Management of the Sherbro River Estuary
By Darius Barrolle, Senior Communications Specialist After 4 years of tireless efforts by the National Protected Areas Authority (NPAA) of Sierra Leone and the USAID-funded West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WA BiCC) program to strengthen local institutions for improved...
Protecting Forests, People and the World: the Gola Transboundary Peace Park of Sierra Leone & Liberia Brings Hope
By David Goodman Beneath the thick canopy of West Africa’s forests, there are dark secrets. In the sleepy Liberian town of Mano River Congo, Sierra Leone beckons across the broad river. A lone border guard sits in a ramshackle shelter—a...
Protecting West Africa’s Wildlife Through Biomonitoring
West Africa is widely known for its diversity of wildlife, including many threatened and endangered species. Our video features footage of animals in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d'Ivoire that WA BiCC and conservationists in the region have fought...
Elephants’ “Road Trip” from Guinea to Liberia Shows Promise of Transboundary Agreements
By Chaz Kyser Transboundary agreements between Guinea and Liberia to better protect and manage their shared forests and wildlife proved beneficial for two forest elephants that decided they didn’t need visas or face masks to travel between the two West...
Elephants Against Climate Change
By David Goodman They are one of the shyest and most elusive inhabitants of West Africa. Now scientists have discovered that forest elephants play a key role in curbing global climate change. Unlike iconic savanna elephants that roam the plains of...
Farmers Associations in Sierra Leone and Liberia Leveraged to Improve Crop Production and Boost Incomes
By Nouhou Ndam West Africa’s forests are rapidly disappearing, with only 10% left to shelter both wildlife and humans alike in what had been a massive forest complex stretching from Guinea to Cameroon and covering 680,000 square kilometers (km2). To...
WA BiCC Training Positions Global Mamas Staff to Further Empower Women and Communities
By Chaz Kyser As a company founded to create prosperity for African women, Ghana-based Global Mamas has striven to ensure that both the women it employs and those it partners with to make and sell its array of handcrafted products...
Improved Law Enforcement Coordination Leads to Two Convictions for Illegal Poaching and Pet Trading in Liberia
By Jacob Tweh, Communication Officer, Wild Chimpanzee Foundation For the first time in the Taï-Grebo-Krahn-Sapo (TGKS) Transboundary Forest Landscape shared by Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire, convictions have been made for illegal poaching and wildlife trafficking on the Liberian side. The...
Global Mamas’ Face Masks Protecting the Public and Preserving Women’s Livelihoods
By Chidera Okeke, Global Mamas Community Outreach Specialist. For the past 17 years, Global Mamas has progressed in its mission to create a life of prosperity for women across Ghana by creating and selling handmade fair trade products. The upsurge...