NEPA’s new CEO charts course for environmental protection

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NEPA’s new CEO charts course for environmental protection

Leonard Francis, the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), says the entity will be fostering a culture of collaboration and research to further its mandate of sustainable environmental protection...

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