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On the 5th and 6th, February 2019, stakeholders from the Ziama-Wonegizi-Wologizi (ZWW) Transboundary Forest Landscape  worked tirelessly towards the preparation and adoption of  critical instruments for transboundary forest governance and management. These include: a high-level bilateral Framework Agreement between the Governments of Liberia and Guinea; a Memorandum of Understanding on Technical Cooperation between the Conservation …

Three advances towards cross-border collaboration between Guinea and Liberia Read More »

In Dakar, Senegal, a training workshop was organized by the Secretariat of the Water Convention from 18 to 19 June 2019. The training provided the platform for participants to share their practical experiences in water cooperation in order to find ways to work more effectively and forge closer partnerships that aims to promote, implement and …

Regional Training: How to use the two global water conventions to advance cross-border cooperation in the field Read More »

Since the capacity building workshop on the Restoration Opportunity Assessment Methodology (ROAM) and Forest Landscape Restoration (RPF) in the Mano River Union, held from 25 February to 1 March 2019 in Monrovia, Liberia, the national consultants with support from the international experts, has commenced the realization of the degradation and restoration maps. However, they are …

Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) ROAM/ Starting the Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) Process Read More »

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), implementing agency for the Mano River Union Conservation of ecosystems and water resources management Project, conducted a Supervision mission from 1st  to 5th  April, 2019, in Freetown, Sierra Leone. This was the first supervision mission since the launch of the project in July 2017. The mission …

IUCN performs the 1st Supervision Mission Read More »

The 3rd session of the Regional Steering Committee (RSC) of the project «Conservation of ecosystems and water resources management» was held on April 9, 2019, in Freetown, under the chairmanship of Dr. Edward H. Sandy, Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Republic of Sierra Leone. During the RSC meeting, the Executing Agencies were urged to work …

Regional Steering Committee ensure synergy in the implementation of activities Read More »

The Mano River Union (MRU) comprising of four West African countries including Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast have officially established a National Advisory Committee (NAC) to supervise and manage the transboundary water resources in the Moa-Makona and Cavalla water basins respectively. The decision was reached at the end of a one day …

MRU Establishes Transboundary Water Resources National Advisory C’ttee Read More »