Top: Participants of a five-day training exercise in Yekepa prepare a site for planting. Picture credit: USFS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By James Harding Giahyue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n YEKEPA \u2013 Twenty-four forestry actors have been trained to combat deforestation and degraded forestlands in and around the East Nimba Nature Reserve<\/a>, a conservation hub in the northeast county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The exercise was part of the United States Forest Service\u2019s support of Liberia\u2019s\u00a0AFR100<\/a>\u00a0pledge to restore a million hectares of forests by 2030. (AFR100 seeks to reforest 100 million hectares in Africa<\/span>) It seeks to restore wildlife\u2014plants and animal species\u2014in one of Liberia\u2019s important landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe workshop contributes significantly to enhancing forest restoration efforts in Liberia,\u201d said Benedictus Freeman, USFS Liberia\u2019s country coordinator. USFS has worked alongside USAID in Liberia since 2003. The training is the collaboration\u2019s latest effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBy providing participants with the necessary knowledge and skills, the workshop has empowered them to play a vital role in restoring degraded lands in Liberia and promoting sustainable forest management,\u201d Freeman added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deforestation, forest degradation and wildfire are some of Liberia\u2019s biggest environmental challenges. Between 2001 and 2023, Liberia lost 2.36 million hectares<\/a> of tree cover\u2014 17 hectares from fire<\/a>\u2014according to the Global Forest Watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Experts say harmful farming methods, logging, and mining are the key drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in Liberia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, for five days last week at the Nimba Ecolodge in Yekepa, the forestry actors learned different techniques. They learned how to manage native tree nurseries, including shade construction with local materials, bed preparation, seed selection and sowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A nursery was established at the East Nimba Nature Reserve to spark the restoration activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The FDA, USFS Liberia and Guinean NGO Resource Naturelles Sans Pauvret\u00e9 facilitated the training. It followed an April-May study tour during which USFS\u2019 Guinean partners shared their experiences with their Liberian counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Freeman said training laid the foundation for a potential collaboration between Guinea and Liberia, particularly in the Nimba landscape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Participants came from the University of Liberia, the Forest Training Institute, and the Forestry Development Authority. Others came from the reserve, communities adjacent to the reserve and civil society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They toured potential forest restoration sites and experimental plots created by ArcelorMittal Liberia, which comanages the reserve with the FDA. The company donated seedlings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt means a lot to me. All the people who participated will be able to apply the knowledge in their communities,\u201d said Alphonso Kiedor, FDA\u2019s restoration manager. \u201cIt will transform our learning field as well. I am sure that we are going to make a great change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Freeman said the next steps would be to maintain the partnership with the FDA, ArcelorMittal and other participants.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Top: Participants of a five-day training exercise in Yekepa prepare a site for planting. Picture credit: USFS By James Harding Giahyue YEKEPA \u2013 Twenty-four forestry actors have been trained to combat deforestation and degraded forestlands in and around the East Nimba Nature Reserve, a conservation hub in the northeast county. 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