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Climate Change Livelihoods

Climate Change Effects on Fisheries in Ghana: Causes and Solutions

In a classic Tragedy of The Commons scenario, industrial fishing vessels are dredging up small pelagics reserved for the artisanal sector in Ghana, having already depleted higher trophic species. They tip overboard the unwanted. In response, the canoe fishers are resorting to destructive fishing methods, including using bombs to send a shock wave through the water to maximize their catch and light to attract shoals of fish. The artisanal fishers say they will only stop when the Government stops the trawlers. Climate change is magnifying these vulnerabilities to the extent that fishermen in villages do not go to sea because 'there is no fish in the ocean'. Is the future already here?

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Agbogbloshie E-waste Ghana Society

Agbogbloshie E-waste: Electricity Meters, Transformers and Copper

Agbogbloshie is Ghana's largest e-waste graveyard. Even Ghana's electricity distribution company's energy meters end up there.

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Ghana Korle Lagoon Livelihoods Society

Man Fishes In The Korle Lagoon Due To Plastic Pollution At Sea

The eastern tropical Atlantic ocean is filled with so much plastic debris that a poor Ghanaian fisherman had no choice but to remain ashore to fish in one of the most polluted water bodies on earth instead.

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Agbogbloshie Ghana Slum Sodom and Gomorrah Ghana Urban poverty

Sodom and Gomorrah, Ghana: Municipal Infrastructure and Local Resources

Thousands of urban poor use a precarious makeshift wooden bridge to cross from the densely populated Sodom and Gomorrah slum to the Jamestown area and Korle Bu, Ghana's premier healthcare facility. Video and photos, and a brief interview with the entrepreneur behind the bridge.

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Environmental Pollution Korle Lagoon Livelihoods Plastic Pollution Society

Plastic Pollution in Ghana: Urban Trash Heroes

Urban poor men risk injury and drowning to swim in the heavily polluted Korle Lagoon — float alongside human remains sometimes — to recover recyclable plastics, which they sell for around $0.17 per kilo.

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Drone Photography Mavic Air 2 Mavic Air 2 Photography

DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone Photography

Sample photos of DJI's new Mavic Air 2 Drone.

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Agbogbloshie Ghana Society

Agbogbloshie Toxicity: Beef Cattle Ranching in Contaminated Environment

Photos: Ranching in an area once listed alongside Chernobyl and Norilsk. Beef from Agbogbloshie's contaminated environment is entering Ghana's food chain.

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Climate Change Fish processing in Ghana Society Urban poverty

Fish Processing in Ghana: Trade-offs Between Livelihoods and Health risks

Fish processors in Ghana trade-off between their livelihoods and exposure to cancer-causing toxicants such as PAHs. Climate-related shocks, overfishing, and other human activities are also shaping the mobility of migrant fishers.

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Child Labour Child labour in Ghana Hazardous child labour

Child Labour in Ghana: Meet 8-Year-Old ‘Akufo-Addo’

Nicknamed after Ghana's current president, the 8 years old 'Akufo-Addo' is engaged in hazardous child labour on the margins of Accra, Ghana's capital city. See how he navigates the fringes of Agbogbloshie, an area once listed alongside Chernobyl and Dzershinsk.

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Coronavirus COVID-19 Science

Coronavirus: Updates, Symptoms, and Research Findings

Symptoms and latest advances in the biology of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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