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Linking Livelihoods to Community-based Conservation to Secure Sierra Leone’s Coastal Yawri Bay
Grantee Name: 
Conservation Society of Sierra Leone
HOTSPOT
Guinean Forests of West Africa
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$50,000
DATES
Oct 2024
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Oct 2025
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Guinean Forests of West Africa
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$50,000
DATES
Oct 2024
-
Oct 2025

Promote sustainable livelihood and income generating activities to incentivize the adoption of good conservation practices and enhance food security for poor communities in Yawri Bay. Conduct community-led restoration of degraded areas and capacitate ecoguards to improve the protection of the Yawri Bay as a marine protected area.

Strategic Direction: 1 Empower local communities to engage in sustainable management of 40 priority sites and consolidate ecological connectivity at the landscape scale