AS THE government spends millions of cedis planting trees to protect the environment, the Aburi Botanical Gardens has rather come under serious threat, especially, its forest reserve, following the Akuapem South District Assembly’s decision to develop 23 acres of the land into an Assembly complex. (more…)
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DCE flattens Aburi Gardens
Posted: May 15, 2014 in Climate Change, EnvironmentTags: Aburi, Aburi Botanical Gardens, Akuapem South DCE, Forest reserve, Horticultural Training Center, Kwadwo Afari-Gyan
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“Ghana has low capacity to clean-up oil spillage”
Posted: September 11, 2012 in EnvironmentTags: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Ghana Maritime Authority, GMA, Marine Pollution Bill, Mrs. Azara Al-Hassan Prempeh, Oil spillage
Participants at the seminar listening with rapt attention the presentation by Mr. A.K. Armah.
Ghana has found oil and is producing in commercial quantities, but currently has a very weak system, in terms of capacity to clean-up when there is a major spillage, Mrs. Azara Al-Hassan Prempeh, Deputy Director – Legal Bureau of the Ghana Maritime Authority has observed. (more…)
EPA sets out guidelines for noise making
Posted: May 17, 2012 in EnvironmentTags: ambient noise levels, Augustine Collins Ntim, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, EPA sets out guidelines for noise making, madam sherry, Noise levels, Noise making, Permissible Ambient noise, transportation
In recent times, the issue of noise pollution has become of serious concern, especially, in built up residential areas and other communities in the country. To address the noise levels, ranging from residential and commercial to industrial areas, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the government wing responsible for the prudent management of the environment, has set out guidelines that come with permissible ambient noise for the aforementioned areas. (more…)
