implementation of sustainable environmental policies. This study aimed to explore the barriers to implementing the National Environmental Policies (NEP), passed by the parliament of Sierra Leone in the 1990s. Sabastier and Jenkin-Smith''s advocacy coalition framework model provided the theoretical foundation for this study. The key research
Environmental sustainability in a developing country like Sierra Leone is faced with numerous challenges such as shifting cultivation, mining, deforestation, land degradation, urbanization, land grabbing, wildfire …
Sierra Leone is highly vulnerable to natural hazards whose impacts are exacerbated by unplanned rapid urbanization. The main victims of climate change risks …
Post-conflict countries (PCC) guide their priorities toward restoration of socioeconomic conditions and relegate sustainability objectives to the background. With the aim to provide insights for the current discussion on rural environmental sustainability in today''s post-conflict Colombia, we analyzed the environmental dynamics of seven …
Summary. The Sustainability and inclusive local economic development Cluster in Sierra Leone promotes the nexus between reducing environmental vulnerability, building disaster resilience and poverty eradication by supporting sustainable and equitable natural resource management, strengthening national capacities to recover from and build resilience …
The Program Coordinator of the Women''s Network for Environmental Sustainability (WoNES), an affiliate member of a larger and inclusive noble institution including the 50/50 Group, has called for the right of women to own land. This was affirmed at a ''Citizens'' Conference on Land and the Constitution'' organized by Green Scenery on …
However, according to the World Bank report (2011), mangrove forests in Sierra Leone have decreased by 45% between 2000 and 2010 due to the intense human activities, and the intensification of land-use activities especially in urban and peri-urban settings in Sierra Leone is a threat to biodiversity sustainability and by extension adequate ...
Home Sustainability. At Sierra Rutile, we have a long-standing record of implementing effective environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. We recognise that we have a responsibility to regularly review our ESG-related procedures and planning to ensure we contribute to the communities we operate in, that the environment is protected ...
Environment & Sustainability. A combined marine operation against unlicensed fishing by Sierra Leone Navy and Sea Shepherd Global led to the arrest of four fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the West African country''s inshore exclusion zone (IEZ). Two of the arrested vessels – Liao Dan Yu …
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all …
abuj ndufu@njala .sl. * Correspondence: weili@bnu .cn. Abstract: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a proactive and collaborative method for en-. vironmental management designed ...
Sustainability 2020, 12, 5525 2 of 16 Sierra Leone is a mineral-rich country endowed with abundant natural resources [9]. Despite this geological wealth, the country remains on the margins of the economy.
Home Sustainability. At Sierra Rutile, we have a long-standing record of implementing effective environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. We recognise that we have a responsibility to regularly review …
We have environmental management practices in place aligned to regulatory requirements in Sierra Leone and consistent with broad community expectations. We understand our environmental impact and adopt measures to reduce it as far as practicably possible. We conduct regular reviews of our environmental impacts to identify areas for improvement ...
However, EA of plans and policies as legislation in Sierra Leone does not exist to date. These existing problems have prompted the assessment of the situation for integrating strategic environmental assessment into the Sierra Leone environmental planning as a method of attaining environmental sustainability in an urban …
farmers'' sustainability in sierra leone Braima Pascal Komba, Almazea Fatima *, Khalid Mushtaq, Sarfraz Hassan Institute of Agricu lture and Resource Economics, Univer sity of Agr iculture ...
sustainability Article Environmental Impacts: Local Perspectives of Selected Mining Edge Communities in Sierra Leone Prince T. Mabey 1, Wei Li 1,*, Abu J. Sundufu 2 and Akhtar H. Lashari 1 1 State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; …
Sustainability 2020, 12, 5525 2 of 16 Sierra Leone is a mineral-rich country endowed with abundant natural resources [9]. Despite this geological wealth, the country remains on the margins of the ...
Public Health 2021, 18, 9454 14 of 16 from a holistic territorial viewpoint, integrating landscape, cultural, and environmental requirements. In Sierra Leone, environmental assessments should therefore be considered as an integral mechanism for environmental protection and for the inclusion of sustainability requirements into strategic decision ...
A flowchart of forest sustainability challenges in Sierra Leone was designed, and classified forest challenges into natural and man-made causes. ... The Sierra Leone Environmental Protection Agency Act 2008, Mines and Mineral Act 2003, National Mineral Agency Act 2012, National Land Policy and Land Commission Act 2004, and the Bumbuna …
Sierra Leone is suffering from a persistent electricity gap that has crippled its economic growth and prevented it from attaining several health and education development goals. This persistent electricity gap has generated significant interest in tackling the country''s long-lasting energy deficiency. Providing electricity in a reliable, …
It was developed in partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone and relevant ministries led by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Departments ... UNDP strives to eradicate poverty, promote equality, and ensure environmental sustainability. Through its Resident Representatives, UNDP engages with local …
Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Management for Better-Quality Public Health and Environmental Sustainability in the Freetown Metropolitan City in Sierra Leone HTML XML Download as PDF (Size: 914KB), PP. 33-49 DOI: 10.4236/gep.2021.94004 ... the Capital City of Sierra Leone. Statistical analysis was employed to observe numerical ...
That''s one reason United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said recently that the world is "tremendously off track" to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, …
Sierra Leone is a resource-rich country with mining being one of the main economic activity in the country. Mining operations has yielded mixed results across the country with the provision of employment opportunities, and revenues generation on one hand, and severe social, economic, and environmental impacts on the other hand.
The Government of Sierra Leone strongly supports the launch of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (the UN SDGs) to succeed the Millennium Development …
Sierra Leone, 6 March, 2024— People facing rising seas, fiercer storms and hotter weather along Sierra Leone''s coast will benefit from a significant new US$26.8 million initiative …
Despite Sierra Leone''s wealth of natural resources, the most recent survey data from 2013 suggest that 77.5% of the population is multi-dimensionally poor, while an additional 14.6% live near multidimensional poverty (UNDP, 2015). The socio-economic impacts of the Ebola crisis were particularly acute in rural areas, resulting in a significant ...
Find the top Environmental industry suppliers and manufacturers serving Sierra Leone from a list including H2O Biofouling Solutions B.V., Grant Thornton Corporación S.L.P. and ICF ... (PRA) is a risk management consultancy specialising in sustainability and ESG risk management needs of investors and operators in Asia. Our aim is to enhance the ...
Sierra Leone remains steadfast in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs despite the extraordinary challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the last nearly …
"The Sierra Leone, Climate Resilience Project, sits at the critical intersection between environmental sustainability and social wellbeing, which is also a core part of our foundation''s work to help deliver positive and sustainable action in the communities around the world where our clients and the NGOs we work with do business.
Conservation Society of Sierra Leone''s Quarterly Newsletter January – March, 2021 5 In collaboration with the Environment Protection Agency in Sierra Leone (EPA-SL), the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL) organised a meeting for the membership of the Coalition on Oil and Gas Pollution on the Environment in Sierra
grateful to the Sierra Leone Parliament, especially the Parliamentary Committee on the SDGs for their support in the entire VNR process. The Sierra Leone integrated CSO platform on the SDGs deserves special recognition for taking the lead in local-level data collection and consultations across the 16 districts of the country with limited resources.
sustainability Article Environmental Impacts: Local Perspectives of Selected Mining Edge Communities in Sierra Leone Prince T. Mabey 1, Wei Li 1,*, Abu J. Sundufu 2 and Akhtar H. Lashari 1 1 State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, …
Conclusion and policy implication for environmental sustainability in Sierra Leone:As the forest and other natural resources disappears, its contributions in protecting humanity, soil, climate, water quantity and quality will disappear also. The eleven year brutal civil war (from 1991-2003), natural disasters like (flooding, landslides ...