Project 2: Preservation of Local Ecology (Reforestation)

OVERVIEW

Loggings, mining, slash and burn, and deforestation for land conversion - such as cattle grazing - have dramatically diminished forested land in Sierra Leone. Ten acres are being cleared in preparation to plant over 10,000 rainforest trees in the Upper Guinea Lowland Forest. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) designated the Upper Guinean forests, which it calls the Guinean moist forests, as one of its Global 200 critical regions for conservation. In conjunction with the AWF’s ‘Plant a Forest’ campaign to plant one million trees, RIAN will be replanting a ‘Richmond Forest’ whilst in Sierra Leone.

Goal	Tree planting
Location	Upper Guinea Lowland Forest
Cost	£1000 for 10,000 fast growing rainforest trees