Lenn Eugene Nagbe, Executive Commissioner, Liberia Maritime Authority
The Liberian Government, through the Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA), has strongly condemned the growing scourge of piracy and kidnapping in the Gulf of Guinea. Liberia calls for urgent multilateral action to address this menace in West Africa.
The call comes after the gruesome and brazen pirate attack on the Liberian-flagged containership, the MOZART, which led to the death of one seafarer, and the kidnapping of fifteen others on Saturday, January 23, 2021 about 100 nautical miles off the coast of Sao Tomé and Principe.
The vessel while underway from Lagos, Nigeria to Cape Town, South Africa was boarded by four armed pirates at sea. This attack is yet another in a region that has become the world’s most dangerous waterway for merchant vessels.
Winning projects announced for the Mitigation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on island and coastal biosphere reserves call
13/01/2021
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In order to foster island and coastal biosphere reserves as sites applying innovative solutions in response to the pandemic, the World Network of Island and Coastal Biosphere Reserves (WNICBR) launched a call for projects aimed at mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on this territories.
Up to four projects are to be granted with a maximum amount of 15.000 USD each, to be implemented by the end of 2021.
Thirty-two proposals from 17 countries were received, and the good quality of these demonstrate that the WNICBR is a dynamic and active network with great potential to develop interesting initiatives and resilient models to address the current crisis.
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Winning projects announced for ‘Mitigation of impact of COVID-19 pandemic on island and coastal biosphere reserves’ call
Up to four projects are to be granted with a maximum amount of 15.000 USD each, to be implemented by the end of 2021.
Thirty-two proposals from 17 countries were received, and the good quality of these demonstrate that the WNICBR is a dynamic and active network with great potential to develop interesting initiatives and resilient models to address the current crisis.
The evaluation committee, made up of representatives from the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme Secretariat, the WNICBR secretariats of Jeju (Republic of Korea) and Menorca (Spain) and the Spanish MAB National Committee, after assessing the proposals, has selected the following projects:
Zong, (renamed
Richard of Jamaica), one of 10 ships to have disembarked Africans in Black River from 1781-1791, docked after a long voyage from modern-day Ghana. Seized from the Dutch (as
Zorgue) and sold to a Liverpool syndicate led by William Gregson, the
Zong was captained by Luke Collingwood.
The overcrowded ship with 442 Africans onboard, including 244 already on board when it was seized, left Accra on August 18, 1781, making a stop in Sao Tomé before embarking on the Middle Passage journey on September 6, 1781.
Ten weeks later, it arrived in Tobago, after which it continued on its journey to Black River, but it veered off-course near Haiti, losing time. By then, complaints of water shortage, illness, and death among the crew and poor navigational and leadership decisions all created a level of confusion aboard. Towards the end of November, approximately 62 Africans had died.
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