News Gola Rainforest

Janneh, Salia and Augustine from the Gola Cocoa Team carry a basket of fermented beans ready to be laid out to dry © R Anstead / Twin

Eat chocolate, save a rainforest - the Gola Cocoa...

Wed, 23/05/2018

Sounds too good to be true? A project is stopping deforestation and community exploitation in Sierra Leone through the power of cocoa.

Worldwide Sierra Leone

Threatened African rainforest teeming with unique...

Fri, 23/09/2016

A newly-declared national park in Liberia forms a ‘Transboundary Peace Park’ with neighbouring Sierra Leone that protects a biodiversity hotspot that is home to everything from elephants to eagle-owls.

Africa Liberia Sierra Leone

This is why the Gola Rainforest is a true ‘Forest...

Wed, 09/03/2016

For the first time in West Africa, carbon credits are being used to protect wildlife and habitats.

Europe and Central Asia Liberia Sierra Leone

Liberian government prosecutes elephant ivory...

Wed, 30/07/2014

Post war Liberia has seen the Country expanding from solely subsistence bush meat hunting and use of animal parts for totem and traditional purposes, to additional local-global commercialization driven hunting due to the global market demand for wildlife products.

Africa Liberia

BirdLife International Across the River Project...

Mon, 29/10/2012

The Across the River project presents an over view of the biodiversity research done in the past three years in the Gola National Forest in Liberia and the Gola Rainforest National Park in Sierra Leone.

Africa Liberia Sierra Leone

Micro-loans and a voice for women around the Gola...

Sun, 16/09/2012

As part of the “Across The River” Trans-boundary Peace Park project in the Gola forest between Sierra Leone and Liberia, BirdLife Partners are making sure that local people benefit from the conservation and sustainable use of the forest.

Africa

Liberia and Sierra Leone move to designate Gola...

Mon, 22/11/2010

The governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone have started the formal processes of designating the Gola Rainforest as a shared National Park and Protected Area...