Lets protect water bodies —TOUGHA

The National Chairperson of Tour Operators of Ghana (TOUGHA), Mrs Nancy Sam, has condemned the continued deterioration of the quality of the nation’s wetlands and water bodies despite interventions by some state institutions. 

She cited the Korle Lagoon, Sakumono Wetlands, Rivers Pra and Ankobra as some of the wetlands that were currently in a pitiful state. 

Mrs Sam was speaking at a stakeholder’s forum under the auspices of the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge (BUSAC) fund on mainstreaming the role of tour operators in the sustainable management of Ghana’s water bodies and wetlands.  

Significance

the chairperson, noted that wetlands and water bodies were home to some of the rich biodiversity on the planet and that ecosystem services are essential in sustainable development as they impacted directly on the lives of the people.

She added that by contributing to the conservation of biodiversity, tour operators could also improve on the qua