Presentation
The Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM) is a coalition of actors working on the problems of the West African coastline and covering seven countries: Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea Conakry, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone.
Recents projects
The Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM) is a coalition of actors working on the problems of the West African coastline and covering seven countries.
Recent news
The 10th edition of the Regional Coastal and Marine Forum is afoot!
The 10th edition of the Regional Coastal and Marine Forum will be held from 25 to 28 March 2020 in Guinea Bissau under the theme “Ocean Health, a challenge for the sustainable development of West African coastal countries"
Coastal erosion: West Africa to focus on research
Confronted with the issue of coastal erosion, a number of countries located on the seashore intend to put research at the centre of resilience efforts. According to a World Bank’s study [Cost of the deterioration of the West Africa coastal areas: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Togo], environmental degradation in coastal areas in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Togo costed the equivalent of $ 3.8 billion, representing 5.3% of the GDP of these four countries, in 2017
Deterioration of the West Africa coastal area: losses in the amount of nearly $ 3.8 billion and 13,000 deaths recorded every year
The facts are obvious. In Côte d’Ivoire, the coastal area is greatly deteriorated, with this process worsening year after year. Moreover, the situation is similar in all the countries of West Africa’s coastal strip.