CRC
1 February 2019
Aug 18-21: Conference on Fisheries and Coastal Environment in Accra, Ghana ...read more1 November 2018
Nov 8: CRC to host RIMTA’s Annual MeetingCRC will be hosting the RI Marine Trades Association’s annual ...read more25 October 2018
Nov 8 and Nov 9: Game of FloodsCRC is teaming up with Providence, RI Emergency Management Agency – ...read moreEnvironmental Compliance is a mandatory requirement for all USAID-funded programs, to ensure project activities do not have significant impact on the environment. USAID Implementing Partners are obligated to consider throughout the life of project, environmental impacts arising from its activities. During the FY 2018 of the SFMP, all USAID environmental requirements laid down in the project Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (EMMP) were complied with to ensure no significant impact on the environment from activity implementation.
read moreTwenty Ghanaian fisheries stakeholders attended a Study Tour to the Philippines to learn about sustainable fishing practices.
read moreA report describing the experiences and lessons learned during a study tour to the Philippines by Ghana fisheries principals and members of the SFMP/Accra team.
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read moreIn 2011 and 2012, Hen Mpoano assessed 77 Western Region coastal communities in the Districts of Jomoro, Ellembelle, Nzema East and Ahanta West to gain an understanding of both the concerns and capacity reveals that adaptive capacity is greatly dampened in coastal communities, which are already enduring economic problems related to reliance on access to farmland, fish and natural resources. Some locations are faring better than others for some dimensions of adaptation capacity, but overall coastal communities have weak ability to respond to emergencies generated by natural hazards, suffer social and economic development challenges that will only be worsened, and have a relatively low ability to manage coastal areas and resources in a way that will assure sustained productivity and environmental quality.
read moreThis report reviews existing and projected links between climate change and coastal and marine ecosystems in Tanzania. It recommends research priorities and the need to better understand the governance structures that are needed for adaptation and the need to avoid donor dependence in climate change adaptation efforts.
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