Environmental news
climate change threatens farmers of Garu
Farmers, assembly members and chiefs in the Garu Tempane District have held a meeting to discuss various strategies to be adopted to mitigate the effects of the coming rains. Fearing the effects of climate change, the two day meeting which ended on Friday, was held to discuss the difficulties and challenges that could occur should there be long dry More...
Renewable energy drive gains pace in Morocco
Ambitious plans to increase renewables in Morocco’s energy mix have taken another step closer to completion, following the announcement that Africa’s second-largest wind farm is to be built in the south of the More...
Zoomlion Begins Exportation Of Plastics
Journalists were yesterday taken around the Accra Compost Recycling Plant (ACARP) at Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West Municipal Assembly of the Greater Accra Region to observe how Zoomlion Company Limited has begun exporting More...
CONIWAS Says Open defecation killing Ghanaians
Acting Vice Chairman of the Coalition of non- governmental organizations (NGOs) in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS), Mr. Farouk Braimah, has noted that the inability of central government to fully address the More...
Northern Ghana’s Climate change projects said not to be doing well
Three out of the 11 districts in the Northern Region are performing creditably well in the implementation of climate change projects under the $88.6 million, Ghana Social Opportunities Projects (GSOP), Mr Sabastian More...
Ghana’s fecal waste management threatens health and safety – field report
ACCRA, April 8 (Xinhua) — The management of Ghana’s fecal waste is a threat to public health and safety, a field report launched here on Thursday said. The study, commissioned by the Coalition of More...
World Vision Urges MMDAs To Enforce By-Laws To Promote Sanitation
World Vision Ghana (WVG) , a child focus non-governmental organization (NGO), has called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to enact and enforce by-laws to promote sanitation. Mrs More...
Korle-Gonno Residents Are Being Chased Away By Human Waste Disposal
Mr Wilson Adjorlolo, Head Teacher of the Korle-Gonno Roman Catholic Basic School, on Thursday expressed frustration about the pungent odour emanating from the human waste disposal site within the city. Mr Adjorlolo, More...
Australian Government assists Ghana with $2m for the water and sanitation sector
The Australia Government, through its aid agency Australian Aid and with funding from the Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES), is providing around US$2 million to improve access to water, sanitation More...
AMA to manage solid waste with assistance from EXIM Bank Of Turkey
Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, Officials of Samsun in Turkey have resolved to collaborate with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to manage solid waste in Accra. Under an initial arrangement, the AMA will receive support More...
