The global plastics industry presents a hydra-headed environmental challenge that has remained staunchly established despite insistent appeals from environmentalist and environmentally-concerned organizations over decades. Long accepted as a necessary evil, more plastic has been produced in just the past ten years than was produced during the whole of the last century (Plastic Oceans, 2016), and…
The world commemorated End of Poverty Day in the midst of plenty. The World Bank African Region leadership held a video conferencing event on the 17th October which included over 17 its regional offices in Africa, with the Bank’s African region team also joining in from Washington DC. The event which was held under the…
The Ghana Oil Palm Development Company Limited (GOPDC) has introduced a variety of oil palm seedlings that can grow and yield fruits for over 50 year instead of the normal life-span of 25 years, the company’s Managing Director, Gert Vandersmissen has said. Speaking in an interview with the B&FT, Mr.Vandersmissen is hopeful of increasing its…
The recent disasters occurring in parts of Accra like James Town, Bortianor, Tsokomey and Ada areas as a result of coastal flooding have left coastal dwellers, particularly fisher folks, very vulnerable. These events occur periodically during extremely high tides and also when there are high waves and storm events at sea. Climate change resulting in…