Lagoons featured by Time for Geography
Watch our Time for Geography video about the impacts of climate change at Muni lagoon. Click on read more to access the link
News, Events and Case Studies
Resilient lagoons in Journal of Geography
We published the article: Resilient lagoons? Climate Change, Sustainability and adaptation in the Journal of Geography. Click on read more for the details
Successful Resilient Lagoon Network workshop in Ghana
The Resilient Lagoon Network West Africa Conference took place July 2022 to develop a framework for sustainable lagoon management. A multi-disciplinary group of academics and practitioners contributed to the discussion and development of the framework, which we hope to launch in 2023.
Sea turtle conference
RLN founding member Andy Agyekumhene organised the 43rd International sea turtle symposium, held in Accra, Ghana. Andy is the president of the International Sea Turtle Society. You can find out more here: https://www.ists-symposium43.org/
Coastal resilience policies in West Africa
The Media outlet Mongbay recently published a review of an article written by RLN members that analysed coastal policy across West Africa. The article is written in French so provides further access to our work.https://fr.mongabay.com/2025/05/les-politiques-de-resilience-cotiere-sont-encore-tres-inegales-et-souvent-fragmentees-en-afrique-de-louest-anglophone/
RLN at ACU Oceans Consultation workshop
The Resilient Lagoon Network were invited to share their work at the Association of Commonwealth Universities Oceans Consultation workshop. The workshop explored how universities can engage with government and civil society to inform policy relating to ocean conservation and the restoration of marine ecosystems
Special Issue: Anthropocene Coasts
The Resilient Lagoon Network is supporting a special issue of the journal Anthropocene Coasts. The issue focuses in Coastal Governance in the Global South. Submissions relating to all aspects of coastal management are welcome until 1st September 2025. The journal is open access and there are no pages charges for publication. More details are available …
Lagoon management framework published
A stakeholder informed framework for managing lagoons is now available as an open access article in the journal Anthropocene Coasts. Thanks to everyone who made this possible. The human-centred framework can be adapted for the management of a range of settings where there are conflicting demands on resources and multiple challenges. It can be accessed …
University of Education Winneba seminar
The University of Education Winneba hosted a seminar to discuss the RLN’s lagoon management framework
Lagoon manager workshop
RLN and Blue Resources Research and Policy Institute held a workshop and focus group for those involved with lagoon management in the Greater Accra region. Click on “read more” to see a video summary of the event
RLN working with Innohub
RLN are working with innohub to understand the journeys, successes and challenges faced by environmental entrepreneurs in Ghana. A focus group bringing together ecopreneurs was held at the innohub offices in Accra.
Publication in Nature Human Behaviour
Members of the Lagoon Network published a paper in the journal Nature Human Behaviour “We need collaboration and co-creation to address challenges facing coastal communities”. You can access it by clicking on “read more” Web link
New publication: status of lagoons in West Africa
New open-access publication on the status of lagoons in West Africa from RLN members Debadayita Raha, Daniel Koomson and Sian Davies-Vollum is available here: https://rdcu.be/dzOL6
Dr Debadayita Raha presents at Sustainable Perspectives conference
RLN member Dr Debadayita Raha gave a presentation on “embedding the social and environment within the sustainable entrepreneurship in Ghana” at the University of Lincoln Business School international conference on Sustainable Perspectives
New position for Dr Esther Danso-Wiredu
Congratulations to RLN member Dr Esther Danso-Wiredu on her promotion to Associate Professor and Director of Research, Innovation and Development at University of Education Winneba