The Environment Protection Agency is delighted to welcome Dr. Emmanuel Urey Yarkpawolo, Executive Director of the Liberia Environmental Protection Agency, and HE Angie Kolue Von Ballmos, Liberia Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sierra Leone, to its headquarters to facilitate a fair exchange of Sierra Leonean environmental governance and management practices
Dr. Abu-Bakar Massaquoi, our Executive Chairman, provided an overview of the EPA-SL mandate, explaining the agency’s legislative and administrative framework for meeting its objective as a scientific and regulatory agency for effective environmental management. “A regional approach to environmental governance is crucial if we are to not only provide a unified voice for climate and …
The Environment Protection Agency, in partnership with the UNDP Accelerator Lab, has kicked off the Green Solutions Innovators Bootcamp to train finalists in generating approved solutions for sustainable development
In a ceremony held at the Tunde Cole Building on Fourah Bay College Campus, Mount Aureol, a team of senior staff from the agency, the UNDP, the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Fourah Bay College and core staff, and all twenty-two finalists, the bootcamp will be held for five days to train the young innovators on …
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. …
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 …