On July 30th 2020, Environment Ministers from both countries met online to approve the preliminary documents of the project.
Half-a-year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, strong impacts have already been observed in the small-scale fisheries sector along the West African coast.
Côte d’Ivoire will soon have its report on the identification and description of Ecologically and Biologically Significant marine Areas at the mouth of the ABY lagoon.
This is a recording of the webinar on the identification of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) held in May 2020. The experts involved are Dr. Taibou Ba from the Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE) in Dakar, Senegal, and Marguerite Kouadio from the Centre Ivoirien AntiPollution (CIAPOL).
This is a recording of the Marine Space Planning (MSP) webinar held in May 2020.
Alternative livelihoods strategies and technological improvements are being suggested to reduce the pressures on mangrove forests and to improve the well-being of traditional salt producing women.
At Laboma Beach, near Accra (Ghana), the turtle laying season has given way to massive amounts of plastic waste.
In the Joal-Fadiouth Marine Protected Area in Senegal, the local fisherfolk community battles against resource depleting commercial illegal fishing.
From 3-7 February 2020, participants from Ivory Coast, Mauritania, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal and Togo gathered in São Tomé for a Blue Planning in Practice (BPiP) training course.
https://vimeo.com/384713163/abcbb7a616 Ms. Marguerite Kouadio, GIAMAA Project Coordinator, presents the aim of the project, and the importance of Marine Spatial Planning for Côte d’Ivoire.