Mark M. Diggs

Mark Melvin Diggs is a Liberian environmental and conservation practitioner with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental science from the University of Liberia. Mark is a staff at The Nature Compact (TNC), His work sits at the intersection of natural resource governance and community engagement, with a particular focus on Liberia’s forests, watersheds, and coastal ecosystems.

Mark currently contributes to the CI-GEF Liberia Critical Forests Project, a GEF-8 transboundary initiative operating within the Mano River Union (MRU) across Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. In this role, he supports strategic planning, community assessment, and project coordination.

Beyond fieldwork and project coordination, Mark brings both scientific grounding and a deeply human voice to conservation work: believing that protecting Liberia’s natural heritage starts with empowering the communities who live closest to it.