Korea commits $4.5m to help Ghana protect forts and castles from climate threats
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Ghana’s low-lying shoreline loses an average of two to three metres of land annually to the encroaching Atlantic Ocean. This environmental crisis is threatening historical landmarks built between 1482 and 1786, which served as prominent trading posts during the transatlantic slave trade: Roughly 90% of this historical structure has already been reclaimed […]
Ghana's coastal forts and castles, built between the late 15th and late 18th centuries, are at risk from climate change, with an estimated 10% already reclaimed by the sea. The country's Minister for Tourism, Culture, and Creative Arts, Madam Abla Dzifa Gomashie, announced that South Korea has pledged $4.5 million to protect these UNESCO World Heritage sites from coastal erosion and other climate change impacts.
The funding, administered through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), will support sustainable interventions, advanced monitoring systems, physical fortification, and environmental recovery projects. The initiative, set to run from 2026 to 2030, will initially focus on key heritage sites in the Greater Accra and Volta regions.
The project aims to strengthen Ghana's capacity to respond to climate risks, establish climate-risk assessment and monitoring systems, and develop national and site-level climate response policies. Six experts from stakeholder organizations have already received training in climate-change response policy in South Korea, and additional training is planned for site managers over the five-year program.
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