This land cover and carbon assessment of mangroves in Sierra Leone follows-on and builds upon a 2017 report that documented mangrove extent and carbon stocks in the same region between 1990 and 2016 (eventually published as WABiCC, 2020). Now, as then, it is intended to contribute to coastal conservation and climate resilience building activities, and to act as a benchmark for project activities under the West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WA BiCC) project or future related activities. In this report, current mangrove forest cover is examined as is change in land cover between 2016 and early 2020, and change in carbon stocks between 2016 and early 2020 for coastal Sierra Leone.
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This land cover and carbon assessment of mangroves in Sierra Leone follows-on and builds upon a 2017 report that documented mangrove extent and carbon stocks in the same region between 1990 and 2016 (eventually published as WABiCC, 2020). Now, as then, it is intended to contribute to coastal conservation and climate resilience building activities, and to act as a benchmark for project activities under the West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WA BiCC) project or future related activities. In this report, current mangrove forest cover is examined as is change in land cover between 2016 and early 2020, and change in carbon stocks between 2016 and early 2020 for coastal Sierra Leone.
