Black Volta


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Black Volta

a river in W Africa, rising in SW Burkina-Faso and flowing northeast, then south into Lake Volta: forms part of the border of Ghana with Burkina-Faso and with the Ivory Coast. Length: about 800 km (500 miles)
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Anxiety is building in Ghana as Burkina Faso attempts to industrialize by building hydropower dams within the basin, especially as Ghana completes its plans for a dam intended at Bui Gorge on the Black Volta.
The Volta Convention: an effective tool for transboundary water resource management in an era of impending climate change and devastating natural disasters?
Direct discharge of slimes and effluents into Black Volta, results in siltation of this water body of international significance.
Solid waste (food packaging materials, plastic bags, paper, textile, leather, rubber, and carpets) are common in the Black Volta Basin which has remain a threat to the environment.
Promoting mercury management among artisanal miners and processing of plastic waste into fuel in Wakawaka, Jama, and Banda Nkwanta, within the Black Volta Basin
Description : This project therefore seeks to map out the socioeconomic and ecological status of the communities and biodiversity within the ear-marked project area within the Black Volta Basin of Ghana.
Development of baseline data and strategic document for the economic, ecological and social transformation of the Black Volta Basin
Similarly, the adaptive capacity of the communities within the Black Volta basin is the lowest within the northern savannah zone due to low socioeconomic development and heavy dependence of local economies and livelihoods on rain-fed systems such as agriculture and forestry.
Assessment of Community Resilience to Climate Change, Loss of biodiversity and Sustainable Management of Water and Land Resources for Livelihood Enterprise Development in the Black Volta Basin
Restoring biodiversity on part of the banks of the Black Volta and the walls of the orphanage
Safeguard biodiversity, restoration of Mouhoun banks and environmental education for children from the orphanage and St. Cecilia students (Sauvegarde de la diversite biologique, restauration des berges du Mouhoun et education environnementale des enf

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