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Attitudinal change is a compulsory prescription for all Sierra Leoneans and foreign citizens, if the present APC led-government is to achieve great national improvement and acclamation. And certainly road construction and rehabilitation should form part of this prescription. The Kamakwie-Makeni Road is the most rocked road in the Bombali District. This rough and untared 55 mile road y, Thamu Bangura,

Water Pipe Dreams

THE ENVIRONMENT
Posted by on May 23, 2008, 06:57
Despite recent progress, more than one billion people still lack decent water supplies, and more than two billion go without sanitation services. But, while we often assume that the benefits of improving water and sanitation systems always outweigh the costs, this is not always true. Piped water and sanitation networks are expensive. Consumers in most countries don�t realize this, because the true costs are hidden by subsidies. New research for Copenhagen Consensus reveals that the full cost of piping water to a household is as high as $80 per month � more than most

Reforming the Traditional Land Tenure System in Sierra Leone

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Posted by Omotunde E. G. Johnson, PhD (econs.) on May 8, 2008, 13:35
One of the major institutional reforms that appear to be in the minds of many influential persons as well as policymakers, in Sierra Leone, is reform of the traditional land tenure system, so as to unleash the vast economic growth potential of the country in tourism, agriculture, and industry. Such a reform will need to address issues related to customary law itself as well as the question of statutory strangers introduced in the Protectorate Land Ordinance of 1927. I shall deal with the latter first, because, in spite the enormous attention given to this question, it is to me the easiest one to resolve

Drama In Court As�Judge Threatens Lawyer With Contempt

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Posted by on Apr 4, 2008, 02:16
Some High Court viewers have described the hot legal debate between two lawyers yesterday representing different chambers/firms at the High Court presided over by Justice D.E. Edwards as a drama, while others called it intellectual and professional arguments that set the court in a very fierce motion. The two lawyers,

Political Intolerance and Disrespect For Legitimate Authority is Untenable and A Recipe For Violent Conflict

THE ENVIRONMENT
Posted by on Mar 4, 2008, 03:11

Green Scenery is very concerned about the blatant show of political intolerance as demonstrated by political parties since Sierra Leone�s post elections. The continuous show of this attribute is bound to result into violent conflict that will only retard the gains in Sierra Leone�s hard worn peace, fledging democracy and development aspirations.

The Environmental View Leading To Kailahun Sierra Leone In Dire Need Of Good Roads

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Posted by Ishmael Dumbuya -076 897-169 on Feb 22, 2008, 02:29

The deplorable condition of the road leading to Kailahun

Infrastructural development is indeed important in any country to grow such as the construction of good road network across the country to convey public and private activities from one place to the other

Sierra Leone:The Need For A Favourable Environment In 2008

THE ENVIRONMENT
Posted by Ishmael Dumbuya on Jan 16, 2008, 05:08
As an environmental writer who has been covering issues about the Sierra Leone environment, researches have been conducted in an attempt to find out the favourability of the environment we are living today, which to a greater extent has been plundered by humanity in their move to create artificial attractions.

Uncertainty and Action on Climate Change

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Posted by Thomas C. Schelling on Jan 10, 2008, 01:06
The uncertainties about climate change are many and great. How much CO2 may join the atmosphere if nothing is done about it? How much global warming will it cause, and how will local climates, ecosystems, and vulnerable species be affected? What impact will such changes have on productivity, comfort, and health?

�1Million Incentive to Save Sierra Leone Gola Forest From Loggers

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Posted by on Dec 13, 2007, 00:03
A tropical rainforest that was in danger of being destroyed within ten years is expected to win legal protection as a nature reserve today, thanks to the efforts of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

An Assessment of the Ban on Timber Production in Sierra Leone

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Posted by on Dec 9, 2007, 14:46
In the pursuit of economic livelihood and survival, Sierra Leoneans and other nationals had been deeply involved in the processing and production of timer. This has been a lively industry that has been ongoing for a very long period of time. The production processes which have mostly been done in the provincial areas

Vietnamese Farmers To Share their Experiences with Sierra Leone

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Posted by VNS on Dec 1, 2007, 04:44

Professor Vo Tong Xuan, director of An Giang University, will send 20 farmers from the Mekong Delta to work as agriculture experts in Sierra Leone. Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper interviewed the professor.How did the idea for this programme come about?During a visit to Japan in 2006 I met with the agriculture minister of Sierra Leone

Building a Safe Nanotechnology Future

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Posted by project syndicate on Nov 9, 2007, 15:23

We are living � according to some � on the brink of a nanotechnology revolution, where matter is engineered at a scale thousands of times smaller than the eye can see, and familiar materials behave in unexpected ways. This revolution, if successful, will turn our world upside down.

The Various Colours Of Diamond Works

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Posted by on Oct 29, 2007, 16:56
In Sierra Leone, together with the Company�s then 50/50 Joint Venture Partner, Magma Diamond Resources Limited )�Magma�) in the Koidu Kimberlite Project, the re-development of the Koidu Kimberlite Mine started in February 2003 and the new 50 ton per hour treatment plant was commissioned in December 2003

The Stressful Life of Laboratory Animals

THE ENVIRONMENT
Posted by project syndicate on Oct 26, 2007, 03:45

Research on animals is performed to gain more knowledge about diseases and how to cure them, and to evaluate drugs for toxicity before testing them on humans. In fact, animal studies have played a vital role in almost every major medical advance.

Although researchers are committed to finding new ways to reduce

Our Environment Needs To Be Preserve

THE ENVIRONMENT
Posted by Ishmael Dumbuya on Oct 25, 2007, 02:34
The importance of the components of the environment is the focus of preservation, so that man will continue to enjoy its benefit. It is everybody�s concern about how we can keep the varied resources from depletion or extinction; hence we have to design ways and means

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