Mangrove forests line much of Sierra Leone's coastline. ... But during the past 10 years, people have cleared the area to plant rice and to extract salt from the rich soil.

Sierra Leone’s mangrove forests were a centerpiece of one of USAID’s major environmental aid projects in recent years, the West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WABiCC) program, a $48.9 ...

Over the past few decades in Sierra Leone, thousands of acres of mangroves have been destroyed by erosion, construction and other man made threats. The forests are critical defences against ...

SEE VIDEO for more on the Sierra Leone project. Klimat X also announces a project update, virtual event on Thursday, February 16 at 11:00 AM PT RSVP HERE About Klimat X ...

Lawmakers in Sierra Leone are preparing to join a seven-nation charter to protect the region's mangrove ecosystem which conservationists now say totals just 800,000 hectares.

Opinion - Conservation Society of Sierra Leone Biodiversity, as we discussed in the last article (Part I), is the sum total of all the different plants, animals, microorganisms, ecosystems and ...

Gbongboma is located on Sherbro Island in the Sherbro River Estuary, home to the greatest concentration of mangroves in Sierra Leone. Mangroves play a vital role in food security and in the local ...

Sierra Leone's fragile mangrove ecosystem risks being depleted if urgent steps are not taken to save them; the country's Forestry Director warned over the weekend after African countries adopted a ...

Sierra Leone is plagued by illegal fishing, where foreign industrial trawlers invade the inshore waters reserved for canoes. ... Some places have done a better job than others at managing mangroves ...

IT is generally accepted that much of the beneficial effect of phosphate applied to soils is due to fixation of aluminium. During a recent examination of mud from a mangrove swamp in Sierra Leone ...

Mangrove-planting project to hold flooding at bay in Sierra Leone. Issued on: 24/10/2024 - 16:17 Modified: 24/10/2024 - 16:25.