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São Tome e Príncipe: WACA Promotes Safe Port Operations
Author: WACA Sao Tome
Safety and profit are crucial in ports operations. In São Tome e Príncipe, WACA is boosting the capacity of the National Meteorological Institute of São Tomé e Príncipe (INM-STP) to provide to ports up-to-date meteorological services to reduce risks.
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Côte d’Ivoire plastic country brief
Author: World Bank
Côte d’Ivoire is a lower-middle-income country in West Africa bordered by Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ghana. As the economic hub of Francophone West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire is one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and remains the globe’s leading producer and exporter of cocoa beans and cashew nuts. 1 The country comprises 12 administrative districts and 2 district-level autonomous cities2 and runs a unitary presidential republic system with a parliament.
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Nigeria plastic country brief
Author: World Bank
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and West Africa, with an estimated 201 million inhabitants in 20191 amounting to more than 50 percent of the total population in West Africa. The Nigerian economy, classified as lower middle income, is considered a major emerging market in the context of Africa and globally. The country is a federal republic comprising 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory where its capital, Abuja, is located. Lagos is the most populous coastal city in Africa, with an estimated population of over 24 million residents.
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São Tomé and Príncipe plastic country brief
Author: World Bank
São Tomé and Príncipe is a lower middle-income small island state 350 km off the coast of West Africa1 . It has a small agrarian economy highly dependent on the exportation of cocoa beans2 . São Tomé and Príncipe is divided into 6 administrative districts and runs a semi-presidential republic system.
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Déclaration finale Dakar, le 17 juin 2022
Author: Monsieur Amadou Lamine GUISSE Secrétaire Général du Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable du Sénégal
Réunion des ministres et autorités chargées de l'environment sur la gestion des zones côtières et marine, la biodiversité et les aires protegées
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São Tomé and Príncipe: We need physical and social investments to reduce vulnerabilities
Author: by Arlindo de Carvalho, WACA Coordinator São Tomé and Príncipe
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Two schools were built by the WACA Project in São Tomé and Príncipe
Author: by Arlindo de Carvalho, WACA Coordinator São Tomé and Príncipe
Two schools were built by the WACA project in Sao Tomé and Príncipe and opened by the country's government authorities.
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Plastics sector competitiveness strategy and action plan for Côte d'Ivoire
The use of plastics has increased twentyfold worldwide in the last 50 years and is expected to double
in the next 20 years The food packaging, medical, automotive, electronics, building construction, agriculture and textile industries all make extensive use of plastics It is widely recognized that plastics play a crucial role in a sustainable future. -
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Insights on healthcare plastic waste management in Lagos State, Nigeria
Given the increased use of plastics in the healthcare sector, this study aims to understand current practice and provide recommendations. Survey conducted to understand current practice and provide recommendations in healthcare plastic waste management in Lagos.
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The physical, social and economic impacts of coastal erosion in Saint Louis, Dakar, Gorée and Ziguinchor
Author: World Bank, WACA
Produced by the Waca ResiP Senegal Project, this video highlights the consequences of coastal erosion in Senegal and will serve to measure the real impact of physical and social investments aimed at protecting coastal communities from the sea's advance.
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Etude d’impact environnemental et social du projet de protection côtière de la plage de l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar et de l’Anse Bernard
Author: WACA, MINISTERE DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT ET DU DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE
Le WACA ResIP, financé par la Banque Mondiale, d’une durée de 5 ans (2018-2023), ambitionne d’améliorer la gestion des risques naturels et anthropiques communs, en intégrant les changements climatiques, affectant les communautés et les zones côtières de la région d’Afrique de l’Ouest.
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Etude d’impact environnemental et social du projet de protection côtière de l’Ile de Gorée
Author: WACA
Le projet de protection côtière de l’île de Gorée revêt deux composantes : l’aménagement d’une digue de protection (bordière) en enrochements et un volet d’aménagements paysagers. Le système de protection retenue consiste en l’aménagement d’une digue de protection (bordière) en enrochements à crête élargie et abaissée, arasée à la cote + 3,1 m CM soit une revanche considérée de la crête, par rapport au niveau Extrême (= + 2,8 m CM), de seulement 0,3 m.
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Plastics sector competitiveness strategy and action plan for Côte d'Ivoire
This document is based on findings from the first phase of the Invest in Africa Côte d'Ivoire Manufacturing project involving desk review and one-on-one interviews with key stakeholders.
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Market assessment for plastics circularity in Nigeria
Author: PWC
This document assesses plastics circularity in Nigeria. Nigeria faces a severe plastic pollution problem, as the nation does not have adequately designed waste disposal channels. Lagos alone generates 8400 metric tons of waste daily and more than 11% of the waste generated consists of plastics.
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Renforcement des capacités pour le contrôle, la gestion et la réduction des déchets plastiques, conformément aux dispositions de la Convention de Bâle
Author: FFEM
La finalité du projet est une meilleure protection de la santé humaine et de l'environnement contre les effets néfastes des déchets plastiques, en réduisant les quantités de déchets plastiques finissant dans l'environnement au Cap-Vert, au Sénégal et plus globalement dans les pays francophones d'Afrique de l'Ouest (le Bénin, le Burkina Faso, le Tchad, la Côte d'Ivoire, la Guinée, la Guinée-Bissau, le Mali, la Mauritanie, le Niger et le Togo).