By Joyce Danso/ Emelia Nkrumah Accra, March 22, GNA- Mr Ramesh Bhusal, Chief of the WASH Programme, has appealed to the Government, individuals, and…
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INEC pledges to intensify forest restoration programmes
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Kumasi, March 22, GNA – The Institute of Nature and Environmental Conservation (INEC), an NGO responsible for protecting critically vulnerable…
International Day of Forests: Prez urged to consider revoking Executive Instrument 144
By Elsie Appiah-Osei Accra, March 21, GNA – Alhaji Alhassan Sayibu Suhiyini, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North, has called on President…
Minority urges government to investigate alleged galamsey claims
By Elsie Appiah-Osei Accra, March 17, GNA – The Minority Caucus in Parliament has called for an investigation into some alleged galamsey claims made…
Coastal Community Resilience to Climate and Diarrhoea Project Team hold Annual General Meeting
Accra, March 17, GNA – Researchers working on Coastal Community Resilience to Climate and Diarrhoea (C2R-CD) Project met in Accra to take stock of…
CONIWAS calls on government for urgent action to achieve universal access to WASH
By Stanley Senya Accra, March 16, GNA – Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) has called on government to double efforts towards…
Active involvement of women in forest governance, critical for sustainable management – Asumang-Yeboah
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Kumasi, March 14, GNA – Mrs. Doreen Asumang-Yeboah, a Natural Resource Governance Expert, has underscored the need for the active…
GMet launches Green Climate Clubs at SHSs in Northern Region
By Comfort Sena Fetrie-Akagbor Tamale, March 14, GNA – The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has launched Green Climate Clubs at Senior High Schools (SHS)…
Lithium discovery can improve Ghana’s economic fortunes — IES
By Victoria Agyemang Saltpond (C/R), March 14, GNA – The Institute for Energy Security (IES) says the discovery of lithium could help improve Ghana’s…
Traditional leaders urged to encourage bamboo production, utilization in their areas
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Akyawkrom (Ash), March 10, GNA – Traditional leaders have been urged to show interest in the potential and the numerous…
Women urged to stand up to the bargaining of natural resources
By Stephen Asante Accra, March 08, GNA – Irene Wabiwa, the International Project Leader, Congo Basin Forest campaign, has rallied women “to stand up…
Efficient and effective recycling industry key to achieving circular economy
By Albert Ansah Accra, Mar 08, GNA – Nana Efua Ababio, Chief Executive Officer, National E-waste Fund, says an effective and efficient recycling industry…
Blue Skies to pilot innovations to reduce plastic waste
By Issah Mohammed Accra, March 4, GNA – Blue Skies, a fresh produce manufacturing company, will for the next two to three years oversee the…
Tullow Oil, Forestry Commission sign letter of intent to enhance nature-based carbon offset opportunity
Accra, Feb. 28, GNA – Tullow Oil and Forestry Commission have signed a Letter of Intent with the Forestry Commission of Ghana to progress…
EU-funded LEAN project enhances communities’ adaptation to climate change
By Albert Futukpor Tailorpe (S/R), Feb 28, GNA – The cessation of bush burning in some communities in the West Gonja Municipality of the…
Fourth edition of Schools Sanitation Solution (Triple S) Challenge launched
By Benjamin Mensah Accra, Feb 27, GNA – World Vision, Ghana (WVG), a Christian humanitarian organisation, and some partners, have launched the fourth edition…
VRA engages communities on plans to dredge lower Volta River
By Nelson Ayivor Tefle-Sogakope (VR), Feb. 25, GNA – The Volta River Authority (VRA) has held a series of community engagements with residents and…
Environmental Health Officers attend training workshop on air quality monitoring
By Albert Allotey Accra, Feb. 23, GNA – A three-day training workshop has been organised for Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) from 15 Metropolitan, Municipal…
Ghana updates coastal area environmental sensitive atlas
By Albert Oppong-Ansah Accra, Feb. 22, GNA - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has outdoored an updated version of the environmental sensitive atlas of the…
World Pangolin Day: Stakeholders call for protection of endangered species
By Florence Afriyie Mensah, GNA Kumasi, Feb. 20, GNA – Stakeholders in biodiversity and environmental conservation have called on Ghanaians to join hands in…