6 minutes agoHuman catastrophe: China buys African country's rich forests and beaches to build industrial ports
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(5 years ago)A 55 million-euro agreement signed by the Sierra Leone government with China to build an industrial weight port on 100 hectares of the sea and its protected forests has been criticised as <x0). Gold and black sands of Black Johnson Beach in the national state park [...]
Black Johnson Beach's gold and black sands in the African national park are home to many endangered species. The country's waters are rich in sardina and barracks, seized by local fishermen who produce 70 percent of the fish for the domestic market.
Following reports that China's fish food plant is making such a move, a statement by Sierra Leone's fishing ministry confirmed this agreement, but denied planned construction.
Such a thing would be port for “tuna” and the largest “” to be exported later to international markets, reports The Guardian, sent to Periscope.
Two groups of legal activists have immediately written to the government.
The decision has also been strongly protested by landowners in that country.
James Tonner, who has land in Black Johnson with his mother, wrote to the president, saying the deal would be “devastating to the country and planet”. /Periscope
