The main objectives of the HOTSPOT project are: The overall aim of the HOTSPOT project is to contribute to the development of monitoring, management and legislation of marine and maritime pollution in the Gulf of Guinea. The consequences of this environmental degradation are potentially catastrophic – both for the diversity of marine life and for the millions of people who depend on marine resources for their livelihood. Regaining and maintaining a good environmental status requires efficient management of different activities which influence the oceans – which is a great challenge considering the number and diversity of threats, and the different vulnerabilities of ecosystems. This results in fast degradation of coastal ecosystems and the services that they provide.
This lack of knowledge hampers the efforts for sustainable management. Coastal marine ecosystems worldwide are threatened by multiple human-induced stressors, ranging from global stressors such as climate change, to local pollution, habitat loss and over-exploitation of resources. Nevertheless, we know very little of the effects of these stressors on tropical marine environment. Gulf of Guinea is a hotspot of multiple stressors such as marine and maritime pollution, climate change and overexploitation of aquatic resources. As part of its closeout, the Project team seek to engage key stakeholders on the outcomes and opportunities for long term management of the Gulf of Guinea area. The Project was implemented over the last 3 years and comes to a close in 2020. This is a DANIDA-funded project with an overarching aim to contribute to the development of monitoring, management and legislation of marine and maritime pollution in the Gulf of Guinea.
The University of Cape Coast and the Technical University of Denmark are jointly organising a virtual workshop to share research outcomes of the HOTSPOTS Project.
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