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Abidjan Convention partners aim to strengthen collaboration

Representatives of 11 technical and financial partners of the Abidjan Convention met on Saturday, April 1, 2017 in Abidjan with a view to arriving...

admin - April 13, 2017

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COP12 explores measures to curb consumption of ‘aquatic bushmeat’

Bothered by what it terms unsustainable consumption of the meat of some marine, coastal and estuarine animal species, a Swiss non-profit conservation organisation has...

admin - April 7, 2017

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COP12: Ministers chart new path forward for revitalised Abidjan Convention

Ministers from Africa’s Atlantic seaboard countries approved an amended text of the Abidjan Convention and three new protocols at the 12th Conference of Parties...

admin - April 6, 2017

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COP12: Time for blue economies in Africa, says Bamba, head of Abidjan Convention

The need to link the protection and conservation of the marine environment with sustainable development and improved livelihoods for local communities was highlighted when...

admin - March 28, 2017

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Abidjan Convention’s active phase set for launch at COP12

A nine-year revitalisation process for the Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Atlantic...

admin - March 10, 2017