Mangrove and climate change workshop report now available

Mangrove and climate change workshop report now available
A report highlighting an expert's workshop on Mangroves and Climate Change in West Africa is now available. The workshop, held in Elmina, Ghana, from May 18-22, 2014 was organized by FCMC and the US Forest Service (USFS) Office of International Programs, in collaboration with the USAID West Africa Regional Mission. A French translation of the report is forthcoming.

 

The workshop brought together over 40 practitioners, policy makers and researchers from the West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. Technical resource experts from Cameroon and Senegal also contributed. USAID was represented by Bradley Wallach, the Deputy Mission Director for West Africa, technical staff from the West Africa Mission, as well as USAID/Washington staff, Olaf Zerbock, of the USAID Forest and Biodiversity Office and the FCMC Contracting Officer’s Representative, and Evan Notman from the Climate Change Office. Regional research and policy institutions, such as the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), also participated.

A related report titled "Assessment of Biomass and Carbon of Mangroves in West Africa" can be found here HERE. To download the workshop report, please click HERE.

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