Environment
Zoomlion Foundation Launches Agenda Zero Waste, Unveils Green Generation Champion
Zoomlion Foundation, in collaboration with the Accra College of Education, has launched an initiative dubbed ‘Agenda Zero Waste’ as part of efforts to get everyone on board in tackling sanitation...
Farmer granted GHc10,000-bail for allowing animals to cause damage, disturb public peace
The Hohoe Magistrate’s Court has granted a GHC10,000 bail to Korkuvi Atiga, a farmer, with one surety for allowing his domestic animals to stray into neighbours’ farms, causing damage to...
Kassena Nankana Municipal commits to enforcing sanitation byelaws
Mr Francis Kweku Asiedu, the Kassena Nankana Municipal Coordinating Director, Upper East Region, said the Assembly remains committed to enforcing sanitation byelaws to curb refuse littering in the area. To...
IRAD 2024 International Conference opens at Nyankpala
The fourth IRAD International Conference has opened in Nyankpala near Tamale to provide a scientific platform for deepening relationships and sharing ideas from research works in Africa and the global...
Parliament passes Environmental Protection Bill
Parliament has passed the Environmental Protection Bill 2023, which seeks to establish the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to regulate, protect, and exercise general oversight and co-ordination over all matters relating...
Environmentalist calls for halt in trade of pangolin scales
The trade in scales of pangolins is increasingly becoming more profitable and this poses a threat to attempts by environmentalists and stakeholders to effectively conserve the species, which are on...
Twenty community climate change reporters undergo mentorship
A total of 20 youth serving as climate reporters under the GoAdapt project have held a collaborative meeting with some selected media houses in Tamale. They were drawn from four...
Arrest illegal miners destroying River Okyi – Nkusukum Traditional Council pleads
Nana Okese Essandoh IX, the Paramount Chief of Nkusukum Traditional Area in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of illegal miners...
Stakeholders at Shana hold dialogue on climate change
The Friends of the Nation (FoN), a socio-environmental advocacy non-governmental organisation (NGO), has held a key stakeholder dialogue to chart a common path towards addressing climate change issues in the...
Central Region to get Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant- Zoomlion
Preparations are underway for the Central Region to own an Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant (IRECOP) for effective waste management. The ongoing project sited at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality,...
