ACTIVITIES

The member organizations of ENFORAC will be the implementing partners of the Conservation of the Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve and its Watershed Project (WAPFoR) through 2012. This important project seeks to insure an adequate water supply to Freetown through the conservation and recovery of the Forest Reserve.

In recognition of the critical link between a healthy environment and human security, ENFORAC places immediate priority on conserving the Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve (WAPFoR) as part of a sustainable management plan for the Western Area. The WAPFoR, at the edge of the Upper Guinea Forest Block, is a highly threatened globally significant ecosystem.

It provides crucial ecosystem services to 1.5 million Sierra Leoneans in the Freetown area. Migration from the provinces to Freetown has resulted in enormous pressure on the limited resources in the Reserve. Urban expansion continues to encroach on the very forests that maintain and protect Freetown’s water catchments.

Other activities includes:

• Public awareness raising through sensitization, education, lobbing and dialogue

• Collaborative environmental media campaign through radio and TV discussion

• Advocacy and research as part of education for all network

• Establishment of Technical Partnership with other stakeholders

• Research support and training of key stakeholders

• Support research/survey and help in the management and protection of forest and forest lands

• Participate in conducting Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in the country