NAMATI Sierra Leone Launched Responsible Land Investment Check List
NAMATI Sierra Leone Launched Responsible Land Investment Check List

NAMATI Sierra Leone Launched Responsible Land Investment Check List

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.