The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), Prof. Wilson K. Tarpeh has told a gathering in Monrovia that of late Liberia’s coastal and marine environments are experiencing rapid deterioration due to increased population pressure and illegal economic activities.
Speaking at the start of a week-long training on ‘Fisheries Management and Integrated Coastal Zone Management’, Prof. Tarpeh said that the impacts of climate change will especially affect climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture, health, fisheries, coastal resources, and many others thereby significantly giving rise to food insecurity, an increase of water vector-borne diseases, decline in fish stock and the flooding of coastal cities and communities.
Speaking further, Prof. Tarpeh said climate change impacts have the potential to negatively affect the human development of any country and make it impossible to attain the Sustainable Development Goals.