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Encroachment on coastline looming disaster

The Director of the Institute of Environmental and Sanitation Studies (IESS) of the University of Ghana, Professor Kwasi Appeaning-Addo, has called for immediate steps to be taken to halt development activities along the country’s coastline.

Story by:  Timothy Ngnenbe (Graphiconline)

He said encroachment of Ghana’s 540-kilometre coastline by sand winners, estate developers and human settlements had disrupted the natural ecosystem and aggravated the risk of coastal flooding.