Mar 27, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
On Tuesday January 28, 2014, the Marine and Coastal Resources Management Committee of Ahanta West District Assembly embarked on a needs assessment exercise in Princess Akatekyi, a coastal community in the district. The exercise was a follow-up activity after a...
Feb 28, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
The Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC) with support from STAR-Ghana organized a one day press engagement on the impacts of offshore oil and gas. The theme for the engagement was “A call for the passage of the petroleum (exploration and production) bill...
Dec 10, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
Friends of the Nation has started activities under the Commitment for Africa Project. One of the initiatives includes enhancing the capacity of youth for improved coastal zone management in Ghana and Germany. In this regard, FoN has, together with its German project...
Dec 10, 2013 | Enterprise Development, News, Uncategorized
The USAID’s Integrated Coastal and Fisheries Governance Initiative (ICFG), through its four year program, carried out a vulnerability analysis of all coastal communities in the Western Region and found Akwidaa to be one of the communities which was most vulnerable to...
Nov 22, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
On Wednesday, November 21, 2013, Community members of Domunli, a coastal community in the Nzema East Municipality in the Western Region, held a funeral for a 10.4 meter long dead sperm whale that has washed ashore at the beach. This was the 21st dead whale washed...
Oct 31, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
Another dead whale has been washed ashore in the Western Region of Ghana. It was found at Escape Ecolodge at Cape Three Points in the Ahanta West District. The body was already decomposed and dismantled to the point that only parts were observed at the shore...