Issues

Reducing Demand for Illegally Traded Wildlife Products in Liberia

The illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade is a significant threat to biodiversity. Our campaign focuses on understanding and addressing consumers’ demand for bushmeat and illegal wildlife products in Liberia.

Addressing Deforestation in the Upper Guinea Forest of West Africa

The Upper Guinean Forest of West Africa is a high global priority for biodiversity conservation. Nevertheless, increasing population and deforestation through unregulated logging and slash-and-burn agriculture severely threaten the ecosystems.

Campaigning against ghost nets, gears and ocean plastic pollution

Every year we abandon, lose, or discard tons of fishing gear and plastic into our oceans. Ghost gear and plastic pollutions are not only damaging our ecosystem but affecting the local fishing industries and coastal communities that depend on fisheries for livelihoods.

Educating communities about Livelihoods and Biodiversity in CFs

Liberia is piloting in a new age of progressive, community forestry, that if done right has the potential to lift forest communities out of poverty and improve biodiversity conservation. Nevertheless, Community Forest has become the new frontier of violent conflicts and poverty.

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