Bumbuna Hydro-Electric Project: Loma Mountain Forest Reserve Boundary Identification
Sierra Leone
Period: 2010
Client/Finance: World Bank
Comparison of two conflicting definitions of the Loma Mountain Forest Reserve and transfer of a resolved boundary onto current topographic maps. Led a field team which walked the boundary in its entirety and visited 25 villages adjacent to or within the boundary where information was gathered from the village leaders on village growth, agricultural land use, forest products use and adequacy of agricultural land for village expansion. Preparation of revised maps in ArcGIS format.
