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| license: apache-2.0 |
| language: |
| - en |
| tags: |
| - legal |
| - africa |
| - environment |
| - climate |
| - eia |
| - compliance |
| - autoscientist |
| base_model: gpt-oss-20b |
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| |
| # Africa Environmental Law Model |
| ### AutoScientist Challenge 2026 | Legal Category |
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| **Author:** Hussein Adeiza (mabera) |
| **Role:** Licensed Environmental Health Officer, Abuja Nigeria |
| **Base Model:** GPT-OSS 20B |
| **Fine-tuned with:** AutoScientist by Adaption Labs |
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| ## Model Description |
| This is a LoRA adapter fine-tuned on a Pan-African Environmental Law and |
| EIA Compliance dataset. It answers questions about environmental impact |
| assessment, compliance, climate law, waste management and marine regulations |
| across 9 African countries. |
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| ## Training Data |
| - Source: National EPA acts, EIA regulations, AU frameworks, ECOWAS directives |
| - Dataset: 17 expert Q&A pairs expanded to 11,200 rows via Adaptive Data |
| - Countries: Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Senegal |
| - Quality improvement: 50.0% (Grade C → A) |
| - Kaggle: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/yunusahusseinadeiza/africa-environmental-law-eia-compliance-dataset |
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| ## Training Metrics |
| - Win rate: 51% adapted vs 49% base model |
| - Base model: gpt-oss-20b |
| - Method: LoRA — House Special + Reasoning Traces + Hallucination mitigation |
| - Dataset quality: 6.0 → 9.0 (+50.0% improvement, Grade A) |
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| ## Coverage |
| | Country | Region | Legal Framework | |
| |---------|--------|-----------------| |
| | Nigeria | West Africa | EIA Act 1992, NESREA | |
| | Kenya | East Africa | EMCA 1999, NEMA | |
| | South Africa | Southern Africa | NEMA 1998 | |
| | Ghana | West Africa | EIA Regs 1999 | |
| | Ethiopia | East Africa | EIA Proclamation 299/2002 | |
| | Rwanda | East Africa | REMA | |
| | Senegal | West Africa | Environmental Code | |
| | ECOWAS Region | West Africa | Regional Environmental Policy | |
| | Pan-Africa (AU) | All Africa | Maputo Convention, AMCEN | |
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|
| ## Why This Matters |
| Africa has 54 countries each with unique environmental laws yet almost no |
| AI model understands African environmental compliance. This model helps |
| developers, investors, businesses and policymakers navigate EIA requirements, |
| environmental permits and climate law across the continent. |
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| ## Credits |
| Powered by Adaptive Data — Adaption Labs |
| AutoScientist Challenge 2026 | Legal Category |
