2nd edition of the ‘Water for Life’ UN-Water Best Practices Award
Adapt or “die”: a climate change challenge for African cities
ADDIS ABABA, 20 Oct - African countries have been advised to cooperate in adapting now to the ravages of climate change or face the harsh consequences of inaction that would befall large numbers of the continent’s 967 million people .
Environment ministers in Guinea Current area agree on a permanent body to manage ecosystem
ACCRA 2 July – Environment Ministers of 16 West and Central African countries agreed Friday to the creation of the Guinea Current Commission and accepted Ghana’s offer to host the new regional body.
African scientists to survey South Gulf of Guinea waters in science-based effort to ensure sustainable management of Guinea current fisheries
By Olu Sarr
PORT-GENTIL, Gabon 18 June – The Norwegian research vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen has set sail from Port-Gentil, Gabon, with 13 African scientists and their Norwegian counterparts
Mid-term review of National Action Plans for ecosystem preservation begins
ACCRA 12 July - Environmentalists from 16 west and central African nations began Monday a two-day review of their progress in developing National Action Plans vital for the safeguarding and sustainable management of their marine ecosystems that are blighted by pollution and the depletion of resources.
Mid-term review of National Action Plans ends; countries make significant progress.
ACCRA 13 July - Countries participating in the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME) project have made significant progress in developing their National Action Plans, the consultant guiding the process said Tuesday.
Value of maintaining healthy Coastal environment discussed
ACCRA 15 July - Experts from the Guinea Current countries of west and central Africa began a two-day meeting Wednesday to discuss harmonized methods to measure the economic value of maintaining a healthy marine and coastal ecosystem along their coast stretching from Guinea-Bissau to Angola on the Atlantic.
"Green-Green" in our Western waters
TAKORADI, Ghana, 13 Sept - For as long as many elder fishermen in the Ghanaian districts of Jomoro and Ellembelle remember, there have been outbreaks of a green filamentous plant called ‘Green-Green’, beginning in December and lasting two months on average.
Business to join government in the battle to manage solid waste.
ACCRA 19 Oct - With some African cities close to choking on garbage, government and private sector partnerships say they are ready to clean up then recycle the mess, thereby protecting millions of urban residents while creating jobs and earning business profit.
Your garbage, their business: network formed to manage trash
ACCRA 21 Oct - Local businesses and the government formed a network Thursday to coordinate the collection, disposal of and recycling a variety of industrial and household waste that continue to endanger millions of Ghanaians.
The Interim Guinea Current Commission’s Interview with Sierra Leone Environment Protection Agency Chairperson Haddijatou Jallow
ACCRA 1 Nov - Sierra Leone is a small country nestled on the western bulge of Africa, but one endowed with abundant natural resources on and offshore.
Interview with Dr. Ken Sherman, one of two winners of the 2010 Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development
ACCRA, 17 Nov - Fisheries Scientist KennethSherman and Conservationist Randall Arauz are the 2010 joint winners of the Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development
Father of Large Marine Ecosystem honoured
ACCRA 18 Nov - Fisheries Oceanographer Kenneth Sherman and conservationist Randall Arauz received worldwide acclaim Wednesday as joint Image winners of the 2010 Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development.
Scientists in West, Central Africa to apply ecosystem based-management to fisheries
ACCRA 13 Dec - Turn-out and expectations were high Monday as fisheries experts began a five-day regional training workshop on the use of scientific models that could guide governments in managing fisheries resources in the Guinea Current region.
Guinea Current countries seek support for priority investment projects
DOUALA, Cameroon 17 Feb – Countries of the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME) region began a crucial two-day meeting
GCLME Fish farmers to learn about mariculture techniques
ACCRA 23 Feb – Fish farmers and scientists from the Guinea current region began a three-day session Tuesday
Guinea Current fish farmers urged to diversify into mariculture
Their interests were stimulated by the presentations on mariculture technology, made by the Yellow Sea expert on the subject, Dr. In-Kwon Jang
Atelier de démonstration et de dissémination des résultats du Projet pilote du Benin
Workshop of demonstration and dissemination of the results of the pilot project in Benin: Marine Protected Areas(MPA)
Site visit of the sacred mangrove of Avlékété: Marine Protected Areas(MPA) Benin
GCLME countries seek regional policy on use of oil dispersants
Accra, 22 June - Reach back momentarily to 1989 and the Exxon Valdez tanker oil spill. The disaster alerted the world to possible future accidents of this nature.
Regional Training Workshop on Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement (CME) of the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention
Interim Guinea Current Commission member states agree to harmonize use of Oil Spill dispersants use in the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem.
ACCRA, 27 June – West and Central African members of the Interim Guinea Current Commission (IGCC) /Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME) project agreed on ways to start developing a regional policy on the use of chemical dispersants
Fin de l’Atelier de Dissémination des Résultats du Projet ICAM Kribi Cameroun
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Workshop of demonstration and dissemination of the results of ICAM project in Kribi, Cameroon
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Coastal Erosion in Assinie, Côte d’Ivoire
Comprehensive Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Construction of Coastal Erosion Defense Measure in Assinie, Côte d’Ivoire
Coastal Erosion in Assinie
Comprehensive Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Construction of Coastal Erosion Defense Measure in Assinie, Côte d’Ivoire
Budgets sédimentaires dans la région du courant de Guinée
Le GEMCG pour une réduction de l’érosion côtière
6th World Water Forum, Marseille France
IGCC/GCLME at the 6th World water Forum
UNIDO/GCLME Project exhibition at the 6th World Water
We have made a great impact today by sharing more than 200 copies of our publications CD and Videos.
3rd GEF-UNDP-IMO-GloBallast Global Project Task Force Meeting Cape Town
Marine Productivity and Biodiversity Regional Activity Centre
Address: Department of Oceanography and Fisheries University of Ghana, Legon Accra Ghana Box LG 99
Email:
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Telephone: + 233 21 518 129 Fax: + 233 21 502 701
The GCLME Regional Marine Productivity and Biodiversity Center is responsible for carrying out productivity assessment with regards to the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem carrying capacity for living marine resources.
National Institute of Fisheries Research (INIP) Regional Activity Centre
Address: Rua Murtala Mohamed Ilha do Cabo- Luanda ANGOLA +244-30-90-77 / 30-90-77 +244-30-97 31 / 30 97 31
Environmental Information Management System Regional Activity Centre
Unilag Consult Building Univesity of Lagos, Akoka Lagos Nigeria E-mail:
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Telephone: + 234 803 572 5644
The EIMS Centre serves as a Regional Centre of Excellence and a Reference Laboratory for Environmental Information Management and Decision Support System. It will serve Research and Training needs for both the GCLME region and the University and is expected to forge collaboration with international programmes and institutions in related activities.
Regional Activity Centre on Pollution Management and Assessment
Address: Port Harcourt Road, PMB 1299 Owerri, IMO State Tel: +234-83-230-460 Mobile: +234-803 537 699 Fax: +234-83-230-223 email:
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The UNIDO/GCLME Regional Activity Center for pollution management is a Center of Excellence in assessing and monitoring marine and coastal pollution in the GCLME region and assist member countries in obtaining pollution data, analysis, conduct periodic specialized training, host quality control and quality assurance systems for stake holders in the GCLME member countries.
Le Centre Régional pour la Prévention des Risques (Cindynique)/Risk Assessment Centre
Address: Tel : 0024107379874 E-mail :
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Le Centre vise la mise en place d’une politique efficace de prévention des risques, plus étendue, incluant à la fois le milieu marin et continental. Celle-ci s’effectuera à partir des activités qui seront menées, c’est-à-dire les aspects majeurs de la prévention. Cette politique sera axée sur la promotion de la prévention des risques naturels, anthropiques (technologiques) et dérivés de la manifestation complexe d’interactions entre risque naturel et risque anthropique (les risques sanitaires qui affectent les pays de la région).