Lake Piso is a saltwater lake located in Grand Cape Mount County that has an open connection to the Atlantic Ocean, thus making it an oblong tidal lagoon. It is an open coastal lagoon near Robertsport to the west of Monrovia, the largest such inlet on the Liberian coast, surrounded by forested hillsides (including one of the rarest tropical rainforests in the region) and is fed by several creeks and rivers.
Despite knowing and understanding the importance of biodiversity, residents around Lake Piso are currently destroying the ecosystems that depend on the lake, something which is leading to unprecedented loss of biodiversity in the area.
There is a need to engage local communities to help authorities in conserving biodiversity.
The proposed project is an initiative to strengthen local communities to come together to safeguard and conserve local biodiversity. The project will be implemented in Five (5) highly vulnerable project sites in three Districts in Grand Cape Mount County,

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which have been identified after an additional series of consultations and meetings with stakeholders and assessments conducted by our institution.
Despite the amount of resources that have been given in support to Biodiversity, the world is currently witnessing an unprecedented loss of biodiversity.

The proposed project is to strengthen community-based conservation mechanisms in the identified project site, as involving the community offers long-term support for conservation and restoration.
Governments and organizations are working on developing mechanisms that can help in maintaining and restoring the various aspects of biodiversity along with ensuring equal access of communities to bio-resources. Community-based conservation is a conservation movement that emerged in the 1980s, in response to escalating protests and subsequent dialogue with local communities affected by international attempts to protect the biodiversity of the earth.
In simple terms, community-based conservation refers to conservation efforts where local communities participate and support conservation and restoration measures. It is considered to be the most effective strategy in improving the biodiversity of an area as it integrates local traditional knowledge with global scientific conservation measures.

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