Africa

Ghana

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• Fishermen preparing their material, Ghana

The country is covered by the UNESCO Cluster Office in Accra, Ghana.

Many of Ghana’s major forest animals can be found in Bia Biosphere Reserve, such as the forest elephant, the globally endangered bongo and many primates. The site was part of the UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in Anglophone Africa project (BRAAF). Through this project, a dialogue between local communities and the biosphere reserve administration has been established with regard to participation in decision making processes and resource management.

Below you can access the projects that are currently being implemented in the country within the framework of UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector.

Freshwater

- Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy programme (HELP) project in the White Volta basin More

- Assessment of Pollution Status and Vulnerability of Water Supply Aquifers of African Cities More

People, Biodiversity and Ecology

- Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP)

- Biosphere Reserves (WNBRs)

Oceans

- OceanData and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA)

Earth Sciences

- Pan-African Network for a Geoscience Information System (PANGIS)

- The boundaries of the West African craton (IGCP, Project 485)