GEF · UNDP · Ministry of Environment & Climate Change

Restoring land and livelihoods across Koinadugu & Falaba.

A live window onto a five-year effort to restore degraded ecosystems, strengthen community livelihoods and pilot innovative restoration finance across ten chiefdoms.

16,433hatarget land restored
14,214direct beneficiaries
$24.3mtotal project value

Four components, seven outcomes

The project is structured around four components that move from enabling conditions through on-the-ground restoration to sustainable financing, safeguards and learning.

Full results framework
C1

Enabling environment & governance

  • Outcome 1.1 · Strengthened enabling conditions for integrated landscape managementOn track
C2

Ecosystem restoration & livelihoods

  • Outcome 2.1 · Degraded ecosystems restored across the target landscapeOn track
  • Outcome 2.2 · Loma Mountain National Park management strengthenedNeeds attention
  • Outcome 2.3 · Alternative and sustainable livelihoods scaledOn track
C3

Innovative financing & ecotourism

  • Outcome 3.1 · Innovative financing mechanisms operationalNeeds attention
  • Outcome 3.2 · Gender-progressive ecotourism developedOff track
C4

Safeguards, knowledge & learning

  • Outcome 4.1 · Safeguards, gender, M&E and knowledge management deliveredOn track

Financing envelope

Total project value across GEF, UNDP and confirmed co-financing.

GEF Trust Fund grant$4,253,669
UNDP TRAC$500,000
Confirmed co-financing$19,500,000
Grand total$24,254,736

Key milestones

A 60-month implementation timeline with mandated GEF review points.

  1. Project start

    Jul 2025

  2. Mid-Term Review

    Jan 2028

  3. Terminal Evaluation

    Jan 2031

  4. Project completion

    Jul 2030

Delivered in partnership

The project is nationally implemented by government institutions with responsible parties and UNDP oversight.

MECC

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

Implementing Partner (NIM)

EPA

Environment Protection Agency

Executing Agency

NPAA

National Protected Area Authority

Responsible Party

TCS

Tacugama Conservation Society

Responsible Party

CSSL

Conservation Society Sierra Leone

Responsible Party

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

Oversight