Author(s)

Changming Yang^1,2, Aloysious Kingsley Suleiman^1,2, Yi Lang³

¹College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
²UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD), Shanghai, China.
³China Railway Bureau Group Co., Ltd., Hefei, China.

The Sustainable Wetland Management adopted for this study depicts that, the identification of drivers and impacts is needed first, in other to get a clearer roadmap, after which the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework would come into play to serve as a pathway for Sustainability. The study evaluates how Sierra Leone might implement the Framework’s proposed strategies in National Wetland Management. As a result, the research tried to thoroughly examine the factors that contribute to wetland degradation as well as the effects they have on the people who live nearby. The purposive sampling method was used to administer 385 structured questionnaires to inhabitants. The data was then processed in an Excel spreadsheet. Microsoft Publisher was used to draw the framework and a descriptive analysis was done. Results indicated that; the majority of the inhabitants of Aberdeen Creek are traders/self-employed, furthermore, the majority chose the place because it’s less expensive and nearer to the workplace, settlement expansion and pollution are the two most common degrading activities, while flooding and health-related issues are some of the consequences, and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework is regarded to be a perfect tool for wetland management. It was concluded that to accomplish the objectives in the framework, it is necessary to have both political and social will. Satellite data and water quality research are further needed to validate the report.

Kunming-Montreal, Wetland Management, Urbanization, Biodiversity, Aberdeen Creek

Yang, C. , Suleiman, A. and Lang, Y. (2024) Sustainable Wetland Management Using the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework as a Guide in the Sierra Leone Case. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 12, 1-15. doi: 10.4236/gep.2024.123001.