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20 December 2024
A capitalisation report on the PAPFor programme highlights an impressive array of achievements, lessons learned and deliverables
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18 December 2024
New PAPFor book to serve as a reference in West Africa on Guinean forests and forest protected areas
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17 May 2024
Exchange trip to Côte d’Ivoire on cocoa for members of Ziama agroforestry cooperatives
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7 March 2024
EU PAPFor supports the training of environmental education facilitators in Guinea
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7 March 2024
PAPFor supports income-generating activities in six communities around Taï National Park
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27 February 2024
Strengthening local governance structures for improved protection of the Ziama Biosphere Reserve
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31 January 2024
Protecting the Gola Rainforest in Sierra Leone through Community Engagement and Awareness Raising
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12 December 2023
Third round of consultation meetings on the creation of Pinselli-Soyah-Sabouyah National Park
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8 December 2023
PAPFor coordinator meets with WAEMU and the European Union Delegation in Ouagadougou
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13 November 2023
PAPFor supports local groups to implement income-generating activities around Mount Nimba Biosphere Reserve
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13 November 2023
Agroforestry cooperatives set up to develop cocoa and pepper in Guinea (Ziama forest)
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10 November 2023
Establishing a multilateral partnership agreement for the protection of Mount Nimba Biosphere Reserve
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31 October 2023
Stakeholders agree ‘Call to Action’ to prevent deforestation from cocoa farming
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3 October 2023
PAPFor partner completes conservation planning in Sierra Leone’s Gola Forest
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27 September 2023
Community management committees established to co-manage Guinea’s Ziama Biosphere Reserve
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25 September 2023
Parks authority conducts law enforcement patrol in Outamba-Kilimi National Park, Sierra Leone
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19 September 2023
Conservation education reaches out to schools and communities surrounding Cross River National Park
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12 September 2023
Successful test and first training course held for IMET tool adapted for community forests and other community-managed conservation areas (OECMs)
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16 August 2023
Gola Transboundary technical sub-committee meets in Sierra Leone to review action plan of Greater Gola
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11 August 2023
Reforestation of degraded critical sites in Mount Nimba’s Seringbara and Nyon sectors (Guinea)
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20 July 2023
Theatre tour raises awareness in the proposed Pinselli-Soyah-Sabouyah National Park, Guinea
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12 July 2023
National managers and partners of Mount Nimba attend training in strategic environmental and social assessment
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12 July 2023
PAPFor holds Mount Nimba landscape regional steering committee meeting in Nzérékoré, Guinea
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12 July 2023
Agroecology in the Ziama forest: an alternative to monoculture and synthetic pesticides and fertilisers
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12 July 2023
State of play of the Local Development Committees in 6 villages bordering Taï National Park
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12 July 2023
Strengthening the capacity of surveillance officers to collect data with the SMART Mobile tool
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3 July 2023
Sustainable Bush Mango Production helps Protect Endangered Wildlife in Cross River
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25 May 2023
Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire reaffirm commitment to jointly protect TGKS transboundary forest landscape
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17 May 2023
PRESS RELEASE Collaboration between the EU and USAID brings skateholders together to promote sustainable cocoa production and forest preservation in West Africa
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16 May 2023
EU-PAPFor and USAID-WABiLED collaborate to establish a framework for sustainable forest-cocoa coexistence in West Africa
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10 May 2023
Forest agents from Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia conduct joint patrol of Mount Nimba
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3 May 2023
Support for the creation of farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) fields in OKKPS
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3 May 2023
Using radio storytelling to change environmental attitudes and behaviours in Cross River State, Nigeria
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27 April 2023
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve: workshop to discuss Local Development Plans and plan community measures held in February in Danané, Côte d’Ivoire
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11 April 2023
Pupils and teachers review and approve new teachers’ guide for Nature Clubs in the Gola landscape, Liberia and Sierra Leone
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4 April 2023
OKKPS: first steering committee meeting takes place for creation of new national park
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Establishing participatory community maps for communities in the planned Pinselli-Soyah-Sabouyah National Park
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5 March 2023
Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF) introduces agroecology in Pinselli Soyah Sabouyah (PSS), Guinea
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15 February 2023
Support for ranger patrols significantly reduces hunting in Cross River National Park, Nigeria
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15 February 2023
To the establishment of community bylaws for forest protection in Gola Foya landscape
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13 February 2023
Nimba: Local Development Plans (LDPs) officially handed to 3 project communities around Bossou
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6 February 2023
Nimba Mountains: Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia work towards harmonised cross-border database
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30 January 2023
Working with communities to develop a communication strategy for the Nimba landscapes
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10 January 2023
WWZ FFI consultson setting up integrated agriculture and aquaculture (IAA) systems in Liberia’s WWZ landscape
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14 December 2022
Meeting local leaders in Guinea to discuss local development plan for communities
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14 December 2022
Improving cocoa sustainability to reduce deforestation and improved livelihoods
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22 September 2022
Bio-technicians trained to work in Outamba Kilimi National Park, Sierra Leone
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18 September 2022
Building on over 12 years of Transboundary collaboration in PAPFor-supported Gola Landscape shared between Sierra Leone and Liberia.
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15 September 2022
New article from BirdLife International "Promoting sustainable agriculture poised to save the Gola Forest National Park in Liberia"
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8 August 2022
East Nimba Nature Reserve benefits from training in the use of the IMET tool, as well as the evaluation of its management effectiveness
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25 July 2022
British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing congratulates Andrew Dunn on his MBE award.
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21 June 2022
Establishing co-management committees for effective conservation of East Nimba Nature Reserve, Liberia
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17 May 2022
Government of Liberia and SCNL Launch Co-Management Plan For The Gola Forest National Park Partnering for the protection of the ecosystem
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4 April 2022