Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah, the Executive Director of HELP Foundation Africa and also the convener for Fisheries Alliance explained that the nexus between World Environment Day 2025 and World Ocean Day 2025 lies in the shared focus on environmental protection, particularly plastic pollution and sustainable ecosystems. World Ocean Day 2025’s theme, “Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us”,…
Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah, Executive Director of HELP Foundation Africa
By: Kwadwo Kyei Yamoah, Executive Director: HELP Foundation Africa. Convener: Fisheries Alliance / CSOs SDG 14 Platform, (+233 244817020) kkyeiyams@gmail.com. Executive Summary Ghana’s fisheries sector supports over 3 million livelihoods and provides more than 60 percent of national animal protein. Yet the sector faces a severe decline in fish stocks due to Illegal, Unreported and…
Today, we met with the Fisheries Minister, Hon. Emelia Arthur, at her office to discuss the implementation of the closed season and the Government’s priorities for the fisheries sector. The Minister explained that, at least for this year, artisanal fishers will be exempted from the closed season as part of a broader strategy to review…
The Minister Hon. Armah-Kofi Buah Reiterated his committed to address the Petroleum Hub Development project and also combat Galamsey. He reiterated this commitment to the delegation of Coalition of Concerned Nzema Youth. On Wednesday 12th February 2025, a delegation from the Coalition of Concerned Nzema Youth met Hon. Armah-Kofi Buah at his office at the…
The mob attacks in anti-galamsey enforcement are not spontaneous community reactions. They are often the product of calculated strategic mobilization by kingpins and political activists, because of anticipated immunity from sanction. Until incentives shift to increase the cost of interference and reduce the political value of defending galamsey, such behaviour is likely to persist. The…
