Sustainable Water Management Brings Economic, Social & Environmental Benefits
feedproxy.google.com | 07 May 2012
Pre-publication results: UN Survey of 130 Countries Provides In-Depth Status Report on Global Efforts to Improve Water ManagementNew York / Nairobi, 4 May 2012 - Over 80 per cent of countries have reformed their water laws in the past twenty years as a response to growing pressures on water...
 Ghana | Kenya | Water Management

Burkina Faso, DRC and Ghana to attend FIP pilot country meeting
African Development Bank | 23 Feb 2012
On 2-3 April 2012, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana will join other countries from around the world participating in the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Forest Investment Program (FIP) in Brasilia, Brazil, for their third annual FIP pilot country meeting. As an implementing agent of the CIF, the African Development Bank (AfDB) will also attend.
 Burkina Faso | Congo | the Democratic Republic of the | Ghana | Climate Change Adaptation

Climate Change Killing Womens' Livelihoods
ips.org | 05 Dec 2011
By Isaiah Esipisu Nalifu Yussif holds a few Bolga baskets at the ongoing COP 17 in Durban, South Africa. / Isaiah Esipisu/IPSDURBAN, South Africa, Dec 5 (IPS) – Talata Nsor, a 54-year-old woman from Bolgatanga community in Northern Ghana, has been weaving the cultural Bolga baskets, which...
 Ghana | South Africa | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Climate Change Impacts

Forest communities in Burkina Faso, Ghana and DRC to benefit from dedicated CIF grant
African Development Bank | 23 Nov 2011
The USD 50 million mechanism aims to help enhance the capacity of indigenous peoples and local communities to participate fully, effectively and continuously in FIP pilot country REDD+ activities. A global component will focus on knowledge management bringing together indigenous peoples groups and local communities from FIP pilot and other countries to exchange good practices and lessons learned on how to effectively address REDD+.
 Burkina Faso | Congo | the Democratic Republic of the | Ghana

GHANA: No Pensions for Majority of Elderly Women
ips.org | 03 Nov 2011
Untouched by Ghanas meager social support system and beyond the reach of its tatty pension scheme, she is a composite of this West African countrys elderly women: poor, struggling, and often forgotten.Gender activists say the situation of women like Sayitou is caused by a confluence of...
 Ghana | Poverty Reduction

GHANA: Toxic Electronic Waste Contaminates Surrounding Area
ips.org | 01 Nov 2011
Mountains of hazardous waste grow by about 40 million tons every year. This waste, mostly from Europe and North America, is burned in developing countries like Ghana in a hazardous effort to recover valuable metals.A children's school in Accra, Ghana's capital, was recently found to be contaminated by lead, cadmium and other health-threatening pollutants at levels over 50 times higher than risk-free levels. The school is located directly beside an informal electronic waste salvage site.
 Ghana | Pollution | Waste

Rising sea levels threaten Ghana's coastal communities
SCIDEV.NET | 21 Oct 2011
Significant losses of livelihoods and property are predicted for coastal areas around Accra, in Ghana, due to rising sea levels and flooding.
 Ghana | Biodiversity | Climate Change Impacts | Floods

Deforestation may boost rainfall on West African cropland
SCIDEV.NET | 27 Sep 2011
Crops planted in deforested land near rainforests gain more rain — but at the expense of rainfall within the forest itself, finds a study.
 Ghana | Agriculture | Deforestation

AFRICA: Mobile phones for health
plusnews.org | 04 May 2011
Some 80 health professionals and telecom operators are meeting in the Ghanaian capital Accra to explore ways to use mobile phones for better healthcare delivery. What we are trying to do here is to find out what mobile technology applications will help us fix some of Africas health problems, said Fiemu Nwariaku, professor of surgery in Ghana and a moderator at the 2-3 December Mobile Health Africa Summit. The efforts are aimed particularly at improving healthcare for underserved populations.
 Ghana | Planning and Management of Development | Public Policy | Trade and Environment

Ghana: Government under pressure to adopt genetically modified crops
AfricaFiles | 30 Mar 2011
The latest call on Ghana to accept GM crops was made last week by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, the technical arm of the African Union in matters of agricultural research. However, a rights-based advocacy NGO has kicked back against the report, arguing that GM crops are a threat to the survival of the country's agriculture.
 Ghana | Agriculture | Economics and the Environment | Genetically Modified Organisms