Sierra Leone: four years in prison for deforestation in national park
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sierraloaded
A court in Sierra Leone has sentenced Mohamed Charlie to four years in prison, or a fine of 30,000 leones, for illegal entry and deforestation in Western Area Peninsula National Park. Arrested on 12 September during a joint patrol, he had cleared an area of Mambo to produce charcoal, according to the National Protected Area Authority.
Mohamed Charlie, a resident of Baw Baw, has been sentenced to four years in prison or fined 30,000 leones for illegally entering Western Area Peninsula National Park and clearing forest to produce charcoal, according to the Sierra Leone National Protected Area Authority (NPAA). He was found guilty on two counts by Magistrate Solomon Christian Kekurah at York court.
Mohamed Charlie was arrested on 12 September during a joint patrol by NPAA officers. The offences fall under Section 7 of the 1972 Wildlife Conservation Act, Sierraloaded reports. The case comes amid concerns over the effects of charcoal on health and forests in Sierra Leone.
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