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31/07/2024

The Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency Project enhances capacity building, establishes monitoring, verification, and reporting (MRV) systems, and builds institutional and technical capacities to meet the requirements of the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) and internationally agreed mechanisms to track the progress of countries’ nationally determined contributions (NDC).

The peer-to-peer visit helped us gain a general understanding of the climate change structures in Liberia and the implementation dynamics of the CBIT project there, including lessons learned during the project implementation, gender considerations, stakeholder engagement, challenges, systems put in place, and collaboration among key stakeholders

The Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency Project enhances capacity building, establishes monitoring, verification, and reporting (MRV) systems, and ...

21/01/2024

Endorsed ✅

06/06/2019

In commemoration of World Environment Day 2019, the Executive Chairman of the Environment Protection Agency Sierra Leone makes statement on WED

30/04/2019

In 2011, the Palm plantation management company, Socfin opened a new palm oil plantation in Malen, in south east Sierra Leone. The subsequent eight years have seen a grave property conflict emerge between a number of local residents and the company. Beyond the palm trees, working conditions have been heavily criticized, as have the promises that are touted when renting land. [ 3,807 more words ]

In 2011, the Palm plantation management company, Socfin opened a new palm oil plantation in Malen, in south east Sierra Leone. The subsequent eight years have seen a grave property conflict emerge …

29/01/2019

“Although they are doing well with employment Socfin needs to engage with the Community People in Sahn Malen” to address grievances and challenges …Vice President Juldeh Jalloh says By Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya The Land issues in the Sahn Malen Chiefdom in Pujehun is developing into another thing that is developing into a worrying situationwhereby if the government of Sierra Leone continue to look it with a doll-eye, it is set to escalate into a massive conflict that the state may hardly able to handle. [ 1,624 more word ]

“Although they are doing well with employment Socfin needs to engage with the Community People in Sahn Malen” to address grievances and challenges …Vice President Juldeh Jalloh says By Ishmael Kind…

24/01/2019

“Sahn Malen issue is central to two challenges. The first one is the failure of the previous government to address the mechanism for compensation for the land meaning that there was not a very clear, transparent functional mechanism to ensure the monies Socfin is giving to the communities reaches to the actual land owners. We need to ensure these monies that come from the company every years goes to the rightful owners. [ 200 more words ]

“Sahn Malen issue is central to two challenges. The first one is the failure of the previous government to address the mechanism for compensation for the land meaning that there was not a very clea…

10/01/2019

By Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya Happy he was, the Executive Chairman of the Environment Protection Agency, Dr. Foday Moriba Jaward steps down of his four storied office along Railway Line, mobilized a strong force from his dedicated staff and boarded his Official vehicle to give more weight for an on-the-spot checks to hotels operating along the Aberdeen axis without any Environment Impact Assessment Licenses or regularizing their current license status. [ 975 more words ]

By Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya Happy he was, the Executive Chairman of the Environment Protection Agency, Dr. Foday Moriba Jaward steps down of his four storied office along Railway Line, mobilized a s…

29/11/2018

By Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya Yeliboya is a Community located in the Northern Kambia District, some few Miles from Kychom Township and the latter being the Samu Chiefdom Headquarter Town. From the afar and unto the entering the Island, one can deduce without even being told that it is an Island that is depreciating and measures should be taken in order to relocate residents in that area. [ 943 more words ]

By Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya Yeliboya is a Community located in the Northern Kambia District, some few Miles from Kychom Township and the latter being the Samu Chiefdom Headquarter Town. From the afa…

12/11/2018

By Joseph Rahall, Executive Director, Green Scenery One thing I have learnt in Sierra Leone in all of my active years is the fact that you should not be straight, when you are, you become the enemy of progress. This has been the situation since I started my human rights debut in Sierra Leone linking this fine discipline with journalism. In the past as a journalist I have been blamed for acts as low as irresponsibility to as terrible as plotting coup. [ 3,015 more words ]

By Joseph Rahall, Executive Director, Green Scenery One thing I have learnt in Sierra Leone in all of my active years is the fact that you should not be straight, when you are, you become the enemy…

02/11/2018

By Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya As the rush for the takeover of thousands of hectares of Community lands is intensifying across Africa and Sierra Leone in particular, nations are now formulating a treaty that will address the needs and concerns of Community land Owners from what is known as Corporate gangster’s especially in the developing economies. The Head of Green Scenery in Sierra Leone, Mr. [ 1,328 more word ]

By Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya As the rush for the takeover of thousands of hectares of Community lands is intensifying across Africa and Sierra Leone in particular, nations are now formulating a treat…

20/08/2018

By DR. ABU-BAKAR S. MASSAQUOI If you haven’t heard of DMD, or NSCC, you’re not alone. Try finding them on Google News, and you’ll end up learning more about a muscular dystrophy and a Canadian Community College respectively, than about the Disaster Management Department at the Office of National Security (ONS) and National Secretariat for Climate Change at the Environment Protection Agency (EPA). [ 2,485 more words ]

By DR. ABU-BAKAR S. MASSAQUOI If you haven’t heard of DMD, or NSCC, you’re not alone. Try finding them on Google News, and you’ll end up learning more about a muscular dystrophy and a Canadian Comm…

12/08/2018

By Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya It was in the early morning hours when most of residents in the Matormeh Community were still fast asleep when the tragic incident of mudslide and flooding befell them. An area of more than 20 hectares with more than 5000 people were molded in ruins on August 14th, 2017. Other who were not severely hurt ran for their lives. [ 1,454 more word ]

By Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya It was in the early morning hours when most of residents in the Matormeh Community were still fast asleep when the tragic incident of mudslide and flooding befell them. A…