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The move has sparked outrage from conservationists, human rights and animal welfare groups and local landowners, who have said the project would destroy pristine rainforest, plunder fish stocks, pollute the marine environment and five individual eco systems that are fish breeding grounds and support endangered bird and wildlife species.
The details of the deal, first reported by the U.K. s The Guardian newspaper, remain hazy. Local public policy research organizations the Institute for Legal Research and Advocacy for Justice (ILRAJ) and Namati Sierra Leone have written to the government requesting information on plans to establish a fish harbour and carry out waste management operations at Black Johnson in the Western Area peninsula, a project funded by the Government of China.
China s Deal to Build a Fishing Harbor in Sierra Leone s Rainforest Meets Fierce Resistance
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China s deal to build a fishing harbor in Sierra Leone s rainforest meets fierce resistance
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