Environmental Actors Call for Joint Patrols and Surveillance with Military to Strengthen Protected Areas in Sierra Leone

“Our national reserves have lost about 10,103.4 forest areas, and we still continue losing more trees and forests to unregulated human activities. As this spate continues, more carbon dioxide and…

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Good news from Lake Sonfon: National Protected Area Authority halts all mining activities in and around Lake Sonfon

Earlier this week staff from the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL) together with the National Protected Area Authority (NPAA) Executive Director, Mr. Thomas Faya Kamara, along with his deputy,…

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On World Environment Day, CSSL and other Conservation Actors Call for Urgent Action on Land Reservation and Climate Resilience

“Those who should be protecting the forest are the ones encroaching and selling land now. Yes, we’ll continue campaigning, but we are just going around in the same circle. It’s…

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BirdLife International: Ecosystem profile update for the Guinean Forests of West Africa biodiversity hotspot launched

Across the globe, biodiversity is in peril with species facing extinction more than any other time in history. Biodiversity hotspots are the world’s most species-rich and threatened regions. There are…

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