The two grants, worth U$1.8 million and U$2.7 million respectively, will facilitate the implementation of a three-year project in the Gola trans-boundary forest landscape between Liberia and Sierra Leone and the Tai-Grebo-Krahn-Sapo Trans-boundary forest landscape between Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire. The SCNL and the Royal Society to Protect Birds will work in the Gola trans-boundary forest landscape between Liberia and Sierra Leone while Wild Chimpanzee Foundation and FFI will both operate in the Tai-Grebo-Krahn-Sapo trans-boundary connecting Liberia and Cote d’ Ivoire. She said 3,000 people will be impacted around the Gola trans-boundary forest as a result of agriculture interventions, raising awareness and cost-benefit sharing. “The grant for the Tai-Grebo-Krahn-Sapo forest will support the livelihood of surrounding communities and contribute to improving management of the landscape,” Madam Korte added. “The Mano River basin has been identified as the area that has the largest forest landscape, and for that reason the WABiCC project was directed to the basin after vetting of proposals,” he said.

Source: Daily Observer December 19, 2017 02:26 UTC