The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has been implementing a project titled ‘Management of Mangroves Forests from Senegal to Benin’ from 2019 to 2024, funded by the European Union. The main objective of the project is to achieve integrated protection of the diverse and fragile mangrove ecosystems in West Africa. IUCN has carried out activities in the Mono-Volta landscape including Keta Lagoon in Ghana, Roy Mouth in Benin and Mono Delta Biosphere Reserve in Benin and Togo.
The project has achieved a lot of success including restoration of degraded mangroves sites, capacity development and provision of diverse livelihoods enhancing opportunities for five (5) communities in the Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site Management. These efforts have been mainstreamed into local level plans to ensure sustainability.
The mangrove project comes to an end in June 2024, so it was crucial to hold a project closure workshop to share lessons, challenges, experiences for upscaling and policy integration. Against this backdrop, IUCN and its partners have organize a one-day project closure workshop with key stakeholders including on Tuesday 4th June 2024, in Accra.
The partners include: Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission, Kasa, A Rocha Ghana, Development Institute, Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Environmental Protection Agency. Other stakeholders at the workshop were the community members and representatives of District Assemblies in the project implementation area, Forest Watch Ghana and the Media Platform on Environment and Climate Change, MPEC.
Story By: Ama Kudom-Agyemang
Source: mpecgh.org
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