Download Training Workshop on Clearing House Mechanism

Workshop on Clearing
House Mechanism
CSIR-INSTI
11 – 15 May 2009
Biodiversity Management and
Conservation in Ghana
Contribution of CSIR-Water
Research Institute
By
Theodore Quarcoopome
Biodiversity defined
The variability among living organisms
from all sources including terrestrial,
marine and other aquatic
ecosystems and the ecological
complexes of which they are part:
this includes diversity within species,
between species and of ecosystem Convention on Biodiversity, Article 2
Profile of CSIR-Water Research
Institute
• One of 13 Institutes of CSIR
• Established in 1996 through
merger of 2 Institutes
• Managed by Management
Board & Internal Management
Committee
Profile of CSIR-Water Research
Institute Cont’d
• 58 Research Scientists,59 Technicians
• 5 Main Technical Divisions viz.
–Fishery Division
–Surface Water Division
–Ground water Division
–Environmental Chemistry Division
–Environmental Biology & Health
Mandate of CSIR-Water
Research Institute
• Research into water & related
resources
• Scientific information, strategies &
services
• Development, utilisation &
management of water resources for
socio-economic development
Contribution of CSIR-Water Research
Institute
• Fish inventory & monitoring in inland &
coastal waters
–River fisheries Volta L, tributaries etc
WHO OCP fish monitoring (River Pru, B.
Volta, W. Volta, Oti)
World Bank IDAF Project (Yeji)
–Reservoir fisheries
Weija, Kpong, Bontanga, Libga
Contribution of CSIR-Water Research
Institute Cont’d
―Coastal waters e.g. Ramsar sites,
other lagoons
–Traditional management practices
e.g. taboos, sacred groves Bia R.
Contribution of CSIR-Water Research
Institute Cont’d
• Genetic characterisation of fishes in
inland & coastal waters
–Tilapia genetics project
–Black-chinned tilapia project for
Western Africa
Contribution of CSIR-Water Research
Institute Cont’d
• Aquatic macro-invertebrate monitoring
–Rivers, Reservoirs, Lagoons
• Algal studies
• Bacterial studies
• Survey of Cetaceans e.g. manatee
• EIAs e.g. Pre-impoundment study on
Bui, Weija Dams
Contribution of CSIR-Water Research
Institute Cont’d
• Aquatic macrophyte studies
–Reservoirs e.g. Kpong, Owabi, Weija
–Rivers e.g. Tano, Oti
–Lagoons e.g.
–Transboundary waters eg Tano-AbbyEhy
Alien invasive plants
Contribution of CSIR-Water Research
Institute Cont’d
• Socio-economic studies
• Parasitology & Entomology
–Mosquito inventories
–Snail inventories
–Blackfly e.g. forest & savanna
• Raw water quality criteria & stds
International Co-operation
• University of Hamburg (UH)
• International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources
Management (ICLARM)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• UN Global Environment Facility (GEF)
• World Health Organisation (WHO)
• Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
• World Bank
• International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN)
• Consultative Group on Int. Agric Research (CGIAR)
• International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Local Collaboration
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Riparian Communities
Universities (UG, UCC, KNUST)
Volta River Authority (VRA)
Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
NGOs e.g. GAWE, Rural Wealth
Water Resources Commission (WRC)
CSIR Institutes
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU ALL