Finalists of the Green Innovation Challenge

    The finalists The Environment Protection Agency (EPA-SL) is thrilled to announce the finalists of the Green Innovation Challenge, which was launched in collaboration with the UNDP Accelerator Lab These young innovators will attend a bootcamp to improve their ideas, establish a business model, and take pride in contributing to building a climate-friendly Sierra Leone. …

The Environment Protection Agency, with support from the United Nations Industrial Organization (UNIDO), trains master trainers in the refrigeration industry.

                        Group photo with participants and organisers. A three-day workshop for master trainers and technicians from five districts was organised at the Freetown Polytechnic College, Kissy Campus, with funds from the HPMP Stage II Project (Tranche 1) to address major difficulties in hydrocarbon technology management. International specialist, Freeborn Taruvinga, past President of the RAC Technicians …

The Environment Protection Agency and the Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP) explore avenues to curtail lead-paint exposure in Sierra Leone.

                                                         Group photo of staff at the in-house training It should be noted that in 2022, the agency, in collaboration with the Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP), undertook a paint testing study to evaluate the lead concentration of paints available for purchase in Sierra Leone. The results showed that 9 out of 19 (47%) …

Recruitment of National Consultants for Sustainable and Integrated Landscape Management of the Western Area Peninsula Forest

Procurement Number: EPASL/NRG/GEF/RFP/016/2024  Date of First Issue: 12TH August,2024  Brief project description: Recognizing the increasingly threatened multiple-use landscape, and the lack of adequate information, skill-sets, and coordination mechanisms to support biodiversity conservation and environmentally sustainable land management, a GEF-funded project titled “Sustainable and Integrated Landscape Management of the Western Area Peninsula (WAP) Forest” is being …

OUTCOME OF THE EPA NATIONAL PLASTIC POLICY DIALOGUE

On Thursday, August 8th, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA-SL) hosted a Plastic Treaty Dialogue at the New Brookfields Hotel, attended by government officials, recyclers and development partners, civil society organisations, and non-governmental organisations. The dialogue was held to identify and assess options that reflect Sierra Leone’s position for the next global negotiation session, in conjunction …

OUTCOME OF THE EPA PLASTIC POLICY DIALOGUE

On Thursday, August 8th, this year, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA-SL) hosted a Plastic Treaty Dialogue at the New Brookfield’s Hotel, attended by government officials, recyclers and development partners, civil society organisations, and non-governmental organisations. The dialogue was held to identify and assess options that reflect Sierra Leone’s position for the next global negotiation session, …

THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY SIERRA LEONE CONCLUDES A TWO-DAY TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR IMPORTERS AND RETAILERS ON CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES IN MAKENI, BOMBALI DISTRICT.

Participants were drawn from related ministries, departments, and agencies such as the Sierra Leone Police, customs officers from the National Revenue Authority, the media, and members of the refrigeration industry. It could be recalled that the agency in 2022, convened relevant stakeholders to conduct an extensive review of the 2010 Prohibition of Ozone-Depleting Substances as …