Editing Geography of Sierra Leone (section)

== Environment issues ==
{{main|Environmental issues in Sierra Leone}}
[[File:Outamba Kilimi 3 Hippos Sierra Leone.jpg|thumb|Hippopotami in the [[Outamba-Kilimi National Park]] in Sierra Leone's northwest.]]
Rapid population growth in Sierra Leone has put pressure upon the natural environment. Environmental problems include the [[overharvesting]] of timber, the expansion of cattle grazing and [[slash and burn]] agriculture have resulted in [[deforestation]] and soil exhaustion, and [[overfishing]].

Sierra Leone is party to several environmental agreements:<ref name="WFact" />
*[[Convention on Biological Diversity|Biodiversity]] (Convention on Biological Diversity)
*[[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|Climate Change]] (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
*[[United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification|Desertification]] (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification)
*[[CITES|Endangered Species]] (CITES)
*[[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea|Law of the Sea]] (UNCLOS or LOS)
*[[Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas|Marine Life Conservation]] (Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas)
*[[Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty|Nuclear Test Ban]] (CTBT)
*[[Ramsar Convention]](Wetlands)

Signed, but not ratified:
*[[Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques|Environmental Modification]] (ENMOD)