This project aims to re-establish effective management control over an abandoned and little known sites in the Moyamba district, build the capacity of government field staffs to fulfill their roles, raise community awareness, and build the capacity of Sierra Leonean students and scientists in conservation and research.The project activities will include capacity building, workshops, and awareness raising, baseline biodiversity and socioeconomic research, promote and support income generating activities based on common needs, infrastructural rehabilitation, ecotourism trail development, and management plan development