Regional Information-
Capital CityAccra
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Regional RelationshipsGhana struggles to accommodate returning nationals who worked in the cocoa plantations and escaped fighting in Cote d'Ivoire
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Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements
Challenges
Recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water
International Agreements
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation -
Humanitarian Projects -
Native Languages English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)
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Climate Tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north
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