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General information
Sierra Leone @ Encyclopedia Britannica
· An independent source, unaffiliated with the government of Sierra Leone or any organization.
Environmental & demographic information
Country Environment Profile Sierra Leone
Knoema Environmental Data Sierra Leone
· Behind a paywall
World Bank's Initial Assessment of Environmental Problems in Sierra Leone
UNDP Human Development Indicators
Sierra Leone @ World Population Review
Environmental news
International agreements & initiatives
Sierra Leone @ International Environmental Agreements (IEA) Database Project
· Page on the Sierra Leone Ministry of Lands, Country Planning and Environment
· Various Environment and Energy Projects in Sierra Leone
· Contains information on Sierra Leone/Japan scientific cooperation
Environmental law
A Database of the "primary and secondary legal materials of Sierra Leone"
Government Information and Agencies
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Environmental Protection Agency Sierra Leone
· The website doesn’t have much information, but Sierra Leone’s EPA is still an existing government agency,
although according to some news sources, it is largely ineffective.
Nongovernmental organizations
The Environmental Foundation for Africa (EFA)
Friends of the Earth Sierra Leone
The Water Project in Sierra Leone
Conservation Society of Sierra Leone
· The domain of this NGO is “for sale,” and doesn’t seem to be active anymore, but the link above
provides some information about what the Society did/does.
Environmental Initiatives
UNEP's Sierra Leone Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding Assessment
Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment of the Mining Sector
Trade issues
Sierra Leone: Economic Development, Environment, & Health
· Resource collection collated by Columbia University Library on development, environment, and health and Sierra Leone.
Sustainable materials management
· Report is a docx file
Sierra Leone's waste and flooding crisis
· News story
Climate change
Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
Third National Communication to the UNFCCC
USAID Climate Change Risk Profile for Sierra Leone
USAID Greenhouse Gas Emissions Factsheet
Effect of Climate Change on Cocoa Crops of West Africa
Plastic pollution
Solving Freetown's Waste Problem
Freshwater
Sierra Lene @ Water Action Hub
Fisheries
FAO Aquaculture in Sierra Leone
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources
Subregional Fisheries Commission (SRFC)
Forestry and Deforestation
Sierra Leone Forest Information and Data
Global Forest Resources Assessment, 2015, Country Report
Land Use, Land Cover, and Trends in Sierra Leone
Miro Forestry & Timber Company
Interactive Tool to Measure Deforestation in Sierra Leone
‘Catastrophic’: Sierra Leone sells rainforest for Chinese Harbour
· Story from The Guardian
Agriculture
Public, University-Based, and Nongovernmental Agriculture Organizations
Strengthening Women's Cooperatives in Sierra Leone
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, AQUASTAT Country Profile
Food Security and Agriculture Report
Urban areas
Serra Leone Urban Research Center
Biodiversity
Sierra Leone @ Convention on Biological Diversity
· Contains general Sierra Leone biodiversity facts as well as information about conservation efforts.
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, 2004-2010
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, 2017-2026
Biodiversity Conservation Project Report from the World Bank
· Contains information on Sierra Leone's native wildlife. There is little specific information on this page,
but it acts as a hub to many other pages about various animals in Sierra Leone.
Alex Arnell and Siena DeBeneditis
of Brandeis University contributed to this page in 2021 & 2018, respectively.