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Video of the Additional Protocol to the Abidjan Convention
Author: The Regional Partnership for the Conservation of the Coastal and Marine Zone in West Africa
Video of the additional protocol to the Abidjan Convention
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Video of Private Sector Commiting to Coastal Resilience
Author: World Bank
The celebration of Earth Day should cause us to pause and consider the state of our planet.
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St Louis, Senegal: Coastal Communities Facing Waves of Change
Author: World Bank
Saint Louis’s coastal community is losing ground to the ocean each year, and families are losing their possessions, food and homes to coastal erosion, flooding, even breaking waves. But West Africa’s countries are working together, with the support of WACA, to create new solutions to protect the most vulnerable.
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World Bank Econothon: WACA and Blue Economy with Karin Kemper, Director
Author: World Bank
WACA was presented as bringing key solutions to coastal resilience by World Bank Director, Karin Kemper (watch starting at 40:00) at a 24 hour Econothon.
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West Africa: Rising Tides Threaten Livelihoods along the Coastline
Author: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
Preserving and protecting the coastline along West Africa is critical. A large proportion of West Africa's population lives in areas that are most at risk of coastal erosion, where rising tides threaten their livelihoods and the communities they have built and lived in for generations.
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Tenir l’océan à distance en Afrique de l’Ouest
Author: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
En cette semaine de la Journée mondiale de l’océan, rappelons-nous qu’un tiers de la population d’Afrique de l’Ouest vit sur le littoral. Elle est confrontée à la montée des eaux et à l’érosion côtière qui détruit chaque année entre 23 et 30 mètres de terre. Le Programme de gestion du littoral ouest-africain (WACA) aide les pays africains à y faire face en leur fournissant des ressources techniques et financières adaptées.
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Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg: The Dire Threat of Climate Change
Author: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
Climate Change and Ocean Systems specialist, Professor Ove Hoegh-Gulderg, conveys his regret for being unable to attend the Blue Economy Conference in Mauritius. He emphasizes the important of urgent global action on climate change and ocean conservation to prevent a disastrous loss of ocean habit that will have very damaging consequences to people and the environment. The ocean is essential for life on earth, and supports millions of species and billions of people.
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Living on the Edge: Saving West Africa Coastal Assets
Author: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
The communities who have lived on West Africa’s coastal areas for centuries are at the greatest risk of climate change. As sea levels rise, and severe weather events increase in frequency due to climate change, the safety and wellbeing of coastal communities is at peril, with poor and marginalized populations proving most vulnerable. Without concrete measures to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change, West Africa’s development achievements, as well as hopes for continued growth and poverty reduction, will be severely compromised.
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Littoral fragile : Relevons les défis de la côte ouest-africaine
Author: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
Les villages côtiers d’Afrique de l’Ouest font face au risque d’une catastrophe écologique. L’érosion et les inondations menacent les moyens de subsistance des communautés du littoral. Ce sont les conséquences les plus visibles du changement climatique le long des côtes d’Afrique de l’Ouest. Sans mesures adéquates d’atténuation et d’adaptation, le changement et la variabilité climatique mettront en péril les progrès durement acquis du développement en Afrique et contrecarreront les ambitions africaines de croissance et de réduction de la pauvreté.
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From A Shared Vision of the Coast Toward A Sustainable Reality
Author: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
All along the West African coast, communities are starting to preserve and protect their shared coastal resources and work towards enhancing resilience. The WACA Program fosters scaled up investments to solve coastal problems while encouraging regional cooperation and planning.
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Afrique de l’Ouest : D'une vision partagée de la côte vers une réalité durable
Author: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
Environ un tiers des habitants d’Afrique de l’Ouest vivent sur le littoral, qui génère près de 56 % du PIB de la région. Or, les villes et villages du littoral ouest-africains font face à une érosion et des inondations qui coûtent des vies, détruisent des habitations et pèsent sur la productivité et les revenus des habitants.
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Erosion, floods and pollution are costly to West Africa
Author: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
Madji (left) spent her childhood on the beaches of Bargny Guedj, Senegal, but her grandfather's house where she stayed as a child no longer exists today, carried away by the waves.Thousands of people living along the coasts of West Africa share the same story as Madji. Beyond the shattered lives, this harsh consequence of erosion, pollution and floods is very expensive in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Togo.
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Private Sector Commits to Coastal Resilience
Author: WACA Program
I am pleased to announce that our ministers launched two new programs to preserve our coasts.
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WACA CI au café de l'actualité
30 mars 2021 en direct de la maison de la presse
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Ministerial Visit in Support of WACA Resip Actions
Author: WACA Program
On December 31, 2020, a field visit by the Minister of Environment and Forest Resources, Mr. FOLI-BAZI Katari, and his counterpart, the Minister of Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Coastal Protection, Mr. TENGUE Edem Kokou, allowed them to get acquainted with the realities of the people living in the coastal areas.
