On the 19th/October 2023, at Bintumani Hotel , Freetown, Sierra Leone, Green scenery joined its colleague partner ,NAMATI Sierra Leone , to Launched a Checklist on Responsible Land Investment in Sierra Leone. The Checklist was developed by NAMATI Sierra Leone, in collaboration with other eminent development partners on Natural Resource Governance including Green Scenery.
It could be recalled in 2022,the government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Lands and Country Planning, enacted the Customary Land Rights Act 2022,and the National Land Commission Act 2022(see publicationhttps://greenscenery.org/executive-arm-of-government-approved-the-land-bills/). The government further repeal and enacted the Mines and Mineral Act 2022. All aims at setting legal standards and procedures that guides Responsible land Investment in Sierra Leone, especially investment relating to Large Scale Land Acquisition.
The objective of the check List is to complement the implementation of the enacted laws on Natural Resource Governance(Extractive and agric- Businesses) .It a community Entry Protocols that guides responsible investment in the country . The events was climax by official launching of the Checklist by the Executive Country Director of NAMATI Sierra Leone, SonKita Conteh Esq. The project is supported by United Nation Peace Building Fund Sierra Leone.
Furthermore, It could be recalled in 2014,Green Scenery Sierra Leone developed similar guidelines, called Community Entry Protocols for Large Scale Land Acquisition (See website link https://greenscenery.org/twelve-steps-community-protocol-for-large-scale-investments-in-land/).
The Entry Community Protocols for large scale land acquisition in Sierra Leone, is prepared by Green Scenery, an attempt to ensuring fairness and equity in the land management system in the country ,hence provides equitable remedy that guarantee understanding between all the parties concern(land owners, community leaders, corporate bodies and state authorities).
The Protocol is simply designed and presented in twelve (12) steps which should guide all the parties in initiating and entering into formal arrangements for any large scale land acquisition, which could ensure that all interests are fully catered for leading to greater efficiency and improvement in land management processes for investment in the country. The Twelve Steps is developed in a participatory manner involving community members and state actors with the facilitation and support of Green Scenery.
