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Citation
Environment Protection Agency (2015). Sierra Leone State of the Marine
Environment report 2015. Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Acknowledgements
The Environment Protection Agency-Sierra Leone (EPA-SL) wishes to
register its sincere gratitude to the Abidjan Convention, the United Nations
Development Programme, the Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (Sida), the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources –
Reptiles and Amphibian Program – Sierra Leone, the PetroleumDirectorate of
Sierra Leone and the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration and all those who
have contributed significantly to the preparation and the successful completion
of this report. Sincere thanks and appreciation also goes to Dr. Raymond
Johnson, Director of the Institute of Marine Biology and Oceanography
(IMBO), University of Sierra Leone (USL) for compiling the report. Credit
must go to the following individuals, Dr. Morten Sorensen, Dr. Wouter
Rommens, Dr. Anne-Cathrin Wölfl, and Dr. Peter Harris of GRID-Arendal,
Norway for their technical inputs, direction, guidance and editing of the
document; Dr. Ernest TomNdomahina, Acting Vice Chancellor and Principal,
Njala University, Dr. Reynold Johnson, Department of Geography, USL, Dr.
Salieu S. Sankoh of IMBO and Dr. Mustapha O. Thomas of the Department
of Geology, USL for their contribution to the report; to the Ministries and
Departments and Agencies for the comments and contribution and to all the
participants of the February 2014 workshop in Freetown. Last but in no way the
least, appreciation goes toMadamHaddijatou Jallow, Executive Chairperson of
the EPA-SL for her dynamic leadership and coordination of this whole exercise
as well as the dedicated staff of the EPA-SL and in particular, Mr. Lahai Samba
Keita and Mr. Paul A. Lamin etc. who facilitated communications between the
Abidjan Convention Secretariat, GRID-Arendal and the Agency.