During March 2021, IOI-SA, organized its yearly Ocean Governance course, this time online, due to the regulations aimed at mitigating the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Benin is continuing its work towards a better integrated management of its marine and coastal area.
During the workshop, the stakeholders were trained, the mapping of uses was validated, and the matrix of conflicts of uses was created.
The workshop lays the foundation for the implementation of marine spatial planning in the country.
Following the example of Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana, Togo is laying the foundations for integrated ocean management.
Community representatives bring their local perspectives on the environment to the fore during SoME reporting consultation workshops.
The report was validated during a two-day workshop in Grand-Bassam.
The sustainable management of marine and coastal resources at the center of the exchanges during this second workshop aimed at the validation of the SoME report.
The workshop is the first of a series of three workshops aimed at the validation of the SoME report by the stakeholders involved in the management of the marine and coastal environment in the country.
In the face of climate change, sea level rise, and coastal erosion, the Environmental Protection Agency – Sierra Leone is conducting vulnerability assessments and stakeholder consultations in the country.