Tag: Ministry of Environment
MESTI stops operations of United Steel and others to address pollution challenges
The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation has stop United Steel Company, a private steel manufacturing company, and some others from operating unless...
Botswana launches biodiversity book to address environmental threats
Botswana's Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism on Thursday launched the third Botswana Biodiversity Symposium Book under the theme "Biodiversity Mainstreaming for...
AERC Ghana and partners commemorates World Environmental Day 2020
The Alliance for Empowering Rural Communities and partners, have pledged their contribution to the protection of nature, awareness raising and support to communities in...
Elephants found poisoned in Botswana
Residents in Seronga village in Botswana's North-West District have been warned of poisoned elephant carcasses.
The Department of Wildlife and National Parks on Friday cautioned...
Environmental Management Policy on Oil and Gas in the offing
Civil Society activists have met to validate the new Environmental Management Policy for the Oil and Gas Industry (EMPOGI) currently in the offing, intended...
Stakeholders dialogue on management and preservation of plastic waste in Ghana.
The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) together with United Nations Environmental Programme(UNEP), Norway Embassy and other stakeholders in the plastic industry...
International Workshop on Dish Conversion Opened in Ghana
The Ghana Space Science Technology Institute (GSSTI), of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), opened an international Dish Conversion workshop on the mobilisation of...
Climate Change Actions Must Address Gender Inequality – UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has called for concerted efforts to consider the special needs, concerns, knowledge and experiences of both male and...
Ghana gov’t entreated to develop comprehensive SMEs policy
Mr Papa Bartels, Team Leader, Industrial Sub-Contract and Partnership Exchange, Ministry of Trade and Industry, has said government is to develop a comprehensive Small...
Mining companies encouraged to deepen engagement with SMEs
The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Mrs Barbara Oteng-Gyasi has called on mining companies to deepen their engagement with local businesses to...
Ghana Gov’t Seek Funds To Implement Nationally Determined Contributions
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation has held talks with managers of Green Climate Fund (GCF) in Bonn, Germany for...
President Of Ghana Direct Ministry To Upscale Study Of Science
Government is geared at enrolling more science students in the country’s educational system to achieve its target of 60 percent science inclined students in...
Minister Launch Project To Reclaim Degraded Land
Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, on Friday, launched the Kyebi Reclamation Project to restore 18 mined areas that have...
UN Key Partners in Climate Change Fight Announced
New key partners are backing the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, to help address climate change challenges and implement the...
NGO Calls For Climate Change Education For Youth
The Ghana Youth Alliance for Agenda 2030 (GYA-2030), a Non Governmental Organisation, has called for an increased education and awareness creation on climate change...
2-Day MESTI Workshop Opens in Accra on Chemical Weapons Protection
Ghana has not been able to take full advantage of the opportunities of being a State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an...
Ministry Retrieve 500 Excavators From Illegal Mining Sites
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu, on Wednesday said 500 excavators have, so far, been retrieved from mining sites...
Climate Change Undermining Future Of Ghanaian Economy
The Ecosystem Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly (EBAFOSA) – Ghana, Monday called for an all-inclusive climate action towards food security in Ghana.
Dr John...
Chamber of Mines Calls For Collaboration To Fight Illegal Miners
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr John Peter Amewu has reiterated government’s commitment to address holistically the menace of illegal mining.
Speaking during...
Government To Ban Importation Of Mercury Related Products
Government will in 2020 ban the production, importation and exportation of products containing mercury, Madam Salamatu Abdul-Salam, Chief Director at the Ministry of Environment,...
Important Lessons On How To Manage Disaster
Road accidents, flooding, earth quakes, fire outbreaks and others are all disasters that occur in either our homes or work places. Most which are...
Minister cuts sod for construction of E-waste recycling facility
Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, Greater Accra Regional Minister, on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama, performed the sod cutting, tree planting and unveiling of...
Kenya launches climate adaptation programme
Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Regional Development Authorities Professor Judi Wakhungu told a media briefing in Nairobi that the...
Forestry Commission rolls out REDD EYE campaign
By Mohammed Suleman
The campaign, which was launched in Accra on Saturday, aims at raising awareness among the youth, who are the future leaders of...
Science and Technology conference closes in Accra
It was organised by COMSATS in collaboration with Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial...
EU Climate Change Schools Drawing Contest towards COP21
As part of activities marking the European Year for Development 2015, the European Union in Ghana together with the Embassies of France and Norway,...
Ghana moves towards plastic ban
Producers of bagged water say government?s move towards a ban on the use of light plastics is a step in the right direction.
?As producers...
Angola plants trees in capital to mark world Earth Day
Angolans planted over 2,000 various tree seedlings in the capital city of Luanda on Wednesday to mark the world Earth Day in 2015, which...
Chinese support against poaching hailed
A Kenyan official on Monday hailed Chinese support towards enhancing the fight against the poaching menace.
Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Water and...
Ghana president makes changes in his team
Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has announced a ministerial reshuffle Saturday, reassigning the Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing, Collins Dauda, to the...