National Environmental Communication Strategy 2022-2026.

This National Environmental Communication Strategy was developed to raise awareness of the existing environmental issues, such as deforestation, unregulated and illegal logging, waste management and improper disposal of plastic, land degradation, mining activities; people’s limited knowledge about the environment, biodiversity, and their conservation; climate change effects; floods; erosion; misuse of wetland; illegal and unregulated fishing methods; environmental pollution. The Strategy aims at implementing strong efforts in rehabilitation and management, in order to increase the capacity of Sierra Leone to reduce its vulnerability to external shocks and effectively respond to future emergencies. On these bases, the Strategy identifies objectives and related key activities: improving provision of timely and adequate information on environmental issues; improving education and knowledge on environmental issues with various stakeholders, communities and individuals; improving collaboration, coordination and partnership between the Ministry and stakeholders in the environmental sector.