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Consultative Workshop on Land Reclamation and Alternative Land Use: Sierra Leone

Consultative Workshop on Land Reclamation and Alternative Land Use: Sierra Leone

​Tongo Fields is the second largest diamond-producing area in Sierra Leone. Endowed with both alluvial and kimberlite deposits, Tongo Fields became a major hub of artisanal diamond mining during and after the period of conflict from about 1999 to 2002.

Regulating Reality: Reconfiguring Approaches to the Regulation of Trading Artisanally Mined Diamonds

Regulating Reality: Reconfiguring Approaches to the Regulation of Trading Artisanally Mined Diamonds

​This study examines internal and external trade mechanisms in artisanally mined diamonds in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sierra Leone, with the aim to determine optimal practices for regulating the trading chains and harnessing them for developmental ends.

Diamonds in Sierra Leone

Diamonds in Sierra Leone

Since its inception, Levin Sources has worked in Sierra Leone in the artisanal and small-scale mining diamond sector thanks to its network of in-country associates.

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