Solutions to Plastic Pollution – World Environment Day 2023
World Environment Day is celebrated each year on the 5th of June on the whole planet. World Environment Day 2023 is a reminder that people’s actions on plastic pollution matters.…
“Hands off our Vultures” A poem for a forgotten hero – the Hooded Vulture
In the night of May 24 2023 the iconic Cotton Tree in the center of Freetown fell in a storm. While the whole country and all Sierra Leonians around the…
Bird watching, dance competition and Community Engagements
Last week Saturday, the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL) celebrated World Migratory Bird Day in Foria, Diang Chiefdom as part of the BftW project. Migratory birds are special –…
Short video documentary about Yawri Bay
Yawri Bay is well known as an important area for residential and migratory birds because of the huge mangrove forests and mud fields. The Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL)…
Protect Africa’s Natural Heritage from Mismanagement and Damaging Development
May 5th is African World Heritage Day. On this day, the world joins Africa in celebrating its unique cultural and natural heritage. Natural Heritage sites, such as Mosi-Oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls on…
Water Bird Census 2023 -Country Report Sierra Leone
In January - February two teams lead by the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone conducted the annual Water Bird Census. This year the bird count was part of the international…
CSSL Newsletter 1-2023
Our latest Newsletter is out with interesting stories from the Gola Landscape, the kick-off of our new project in the Yawri Bay and the presentation of one of our favorite…
Yawri Bay – a future to behold. CSSL conducts PAPBio Inception Workshop
The Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL) with funding from Wetland International had on the 30th of March 2023 organized a project inception workshop. The workshop brought together relevant stakeholders including…
Protecting the Kambui and Gola Forests in Sierra Leone
The Gola Rainforest National Park’s satellite community forest landscape, including the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve, which covers an area of nearly 700 square kilometres, is the largest remains of the…
Is Demarcation enough to protect the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve?
Is Demarcation enough to Protect the Kambui Hills Forest Reserve? Interview with Aruna Koroma, CSSL Project ManagerThe Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL) is present at the Kambui Hills close…