Project Name: Combating Living Resource Depletion and Coastal Area Degradation in the Guinea Current LME through Ecosystem-based Regional Actions

Country: Angola, Benin, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leon, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo, Democratic Republic of Congo

Website: https://www.thegef.org/project/combating-living-resource-depletion-and-coastal-area-degradation-guinea-current-lme-through

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: COMBATING LIVING RESOURCES DEPLETION AND COASTAL AREA DEGRADATION IN THE GUINEA CURRENT LME THROUGH ECOSYSTEM-BASED REGIONAL AC

Context: The project's overall development goal is to create an ecosystem-wide assessment and management framework for sustainable use of living and non-living resources in the GCLME to: recover depleted fish stocks; restore degraded habitat; and reduce l

Identifier: GEF ID: 1118

Project Type: Full-size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Thematic Areas: Large Marine Ecosystem; LME; Coastal area degradation; Resource depletion; Ecosystem management; Ecosystem degradation; Marine degradation;

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme

Project Name: COLLECT ? Citizen Observation of Local Litter in Coastal ECosysTems

Country: Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Cape Verde

Website: https://pogo-ocean.org/innovation-in-ocean-observing/activities/collect-citizen-observation-of-local-litter-in-coastal-ecosystem

Legal Name: COLLECT ? Citizen Observation of Local Litter in Coastal ECosysTems

Context: The goal of this project is to acquire data on marine plastic debris distribution and abundance on the coasts of African countries, by training citizen scientists (secondary school students) and promoting knowledge transfer between local communit

Project Type: Research