A national committee on climate change in Guinea was supported to enable them to include fisheries among their priority areas, and to develop proposals for action programmes on fisheries and climate change in the National Adaptation Programmes of Action. Information and awareness-raising sessions were organised on processing areas for fishery products for the benefit of women operating in the fisheries sectors in the country.
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The NEPAD Agency supported Guinea’s national committee on climate change to include fisheries among their priority areas, and to develop proposals for action programmes on fisheries and climate change in the National Adaptation Programmes of Action; information and awareness-raising sessions were organised on processing areas for fishery products for the benefit of women operating in the fisheries sectors in the country
A study was undertaken and a report published on the state of the environment of seven countries – including Guinea. The report specifically highlights the state of mangrove swamps and coasts of Western Africa and Central Africa. Other countries included in the study were Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana and Senegal
