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A selection of deforestation, pollution statistics (air and water pollution), as well as information on extractives activities, and their concessions/licences.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| Downloadable | Yes | |
| Publicly available | Yes | |
| Openly licenced | No | |
| Up-to-date | No | The data is in reports and I do not know how often the studies take place. |
| In an open and machine-readable format | XLS | I have only checked those boxes because the survey tool does not accept unanswered questions and they are the ones that are mostly used. |
| Digital data | Yes | |
| location | href="https://sierraleone.revenuedev.org/dashboard" https://sierraleone.revenuedev.org/dashboard">rel="nofollow">https://sierraleone.revenuedev.org/dashboard - Quantity of extractives production with figures dating until 2013 | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| findable_steps | I could not get officials of the EPA and the Ministry of Energy to talk to so I called an Environmentalist, Mr. Joseph Kaindaneh (23278906312), working for the world Bank who told me that all the parameters this research is looking at are available at the EPA as he collaborates with them a lot. | |
| characteristics | Extractives activities | |
| Controlled access | No | |
| Collector name | The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) - Mandate, Mission and Vision Mandate The EPA-SL is the legitimate national principal organ of government responsible for advising, coordinating, monitoring, regulating and supervising all matters on the environment with respect to the economic and social development in Sierra Leone. The Agency also has a responsibility to ensure that development activities are undertaken through environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures, which results in the issuance of environmental impact assessment licenses and monitoring of developers/proponents environmental management plans in achieving environmental sustainability. Vision The vision of the EPA-SL is to contribute to poverty reduction through sound environmental management, and ensuring a clean, healthy and secure environment in achieving sustainable development Goals in Sierra Leone. Mission The mission of the EPA-SL is to effectively protect, sustainably manage the environment and its natural resources to ensure a quality of environment adequate for human health and well-being for all Sierra Leoneans. | The EPA works together with the Ministry of Energy. |
| licence_url | There were no restrictions as I was told. |
Environmental Protection agency: Pollution control. The Agency prescribe standards and guidelines relating to ambient air, water and soil quality, the pollution of air, water, land and other forms of environmental pollution including the discharge of wastes and the control of toxic substances. Relevant pages where to publish environmental stats seem to be unavailable: https://epa.gov.sl/?page_id=229 Minerals Rights in Sierra Leone is managed by the National Minerals Agency (NMA), under the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources (MMMR). Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security https://maffs.gov.sl/ Following data is unavailable: Deforestation (Forestry division exists, but it does not publish data on logging). Air quality (no air quality data found through google search, ODIN, and WHO database). Water quality (water ministry website is unavailable)