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Fishermen appeal to GMES & Africa to make Sustainable the Ocean State Weather Forecast

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President of Canoes and Fishing Gears Association of Ghana (CaFGOAG), Nana Kweigyah, called on the GMES and Africa Community not to abandon them and to continue providing the ocean state forecast services. According to him, the ocean state service has made a tremendous impact on the lives of artisanal fishermen in Ghana. He made the appeal at the Launch of the Marine and Coastal Areas Management in North and West Africa (MarCNoWA) Project, under the GMES and Africa Project Phase 2. Nana Kweigyah, President of Canoes and Fishing Gears Association of Ghana (CaFGOAG) More than 75 African experts in natural resources, marine and coastal areas management gathered in Accra-Ghana to launch the MarCNoWA Project on the 6th of July 2022 in Accra, Ghana. The launch brought experts from the GMES & Africa consortia of institutions, the African Union Commission, the regional bodies involved in fisheries and environmental management, and Earth Observation practitioners from the private sector, th

GMES Phase 2 launched MarCNoWA project covering 18 countries in Africa

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The Marine and Coastal Areas Management in North and West Africa (MarCNoWA) Project was launched on July 6, 2022, at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana, and was attended by more than seventy-five African experts in natural resources and marine and coastal areas management. Experts from the Global Monitoring For Environment and Security ( GMES & Africa ) consortium of institutions, the African Union Commission, regional bodies involved in fisheries and environmental management, Earth Observation practitioners from the private sector, the partner institutions, and the national focal points of beneficiary institutions were present at the launch. Professor Boateng Onwona - Agyeman, Provost of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS) at the University of Ghana and Director of the project , urged the GMES & Africa community to consolidate their gains from the first implementation phase of the programme and work towards a successful second phase during the opening cerem