Cephas Asare
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West Africa Regional Manager @ejfoundation.org believe in #sustainable #oceans, protecting small scale #fisheries and 🇬🇭
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Cephas Asare
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Communities for Fisheries: The lasting impact
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Super proud of what we accomplished in #Liberia in the last five years working with the fantastic team at @ejfoundation.org
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🌊 A turning point for the ocean and a win for multilateralism 👏
Today, the UN #HighSeasTreaty has entered into force, and we celebrate this exciting moment for ocean protection. It is evidence that a rules-based order can still deliver in the face of escalating environmental breakdown.
Today, the UN #HighSeasTreaty has entered into force, and we celebrate this exciting moment for ocean protection. It is evidence that a rules-based order can still deliver in the face of escalating environmental breakdown.
January 17, 2026 at 9:12 AM
🌊 A turning point for the ocean and a win for multilateralism 👏
Today, the UN #HighSeasTreaty has entered into force, and we celebrate this exciting moment for ocean protection. It is evidence that a rules-based order can still deliver in the face of escalating environmental breakdown.
Today, the UN #HighSeasTreaty has entered into force, and we celebrate this exciting moment for ocean protection. It is evidence that a rules-based order can still deliver in the face of escalating environmental breakdown.
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For decades, the high seas have been a global blind spot.
Before this treaty, only 1% of the high seas had protection under international agreements. This has changed for the better today, and we are now one step closer to the global goal of protecting at least 30% of the ocean by 2030.
Before this treaty, only 1% of the high seas had protection under international agreements. This has changed for the better today, and we are now one step closer to the global goal of protecting at least 30% of the ocean by 2030.
A manifesto for our ocean
In this manifesto, we lay out a roadmap for the protection of the ocean, providing clear policy recommendations to save our seas and safeguard our future.
ejfoundation.org
January 17, 2026 at 9:12 AM
For decades, the high seas have been a global blind spot.
Before this treaty, only 1% of the high seas had protection under international agreements. This has changed for the better today, and we are now one step closer to the global goal of protecting at least 30% of the ocean by 2030.
Before this treaty, only 1% of the high seas had protection under international agreements. This has changed for the better today, and we are now one step closer to the global goal of protecting at least 30% of the ocean by 2030.
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Steve Trent, EJF CEO & Founder, says: “This treaty provides one of the biggest opportunities we have to protect the ocean from those who wish to destroy it for short-term profit, and to end an era of exploitation. Governments must move fast and ambitiously to turn commitments into real protections.”
High Seas Treaty "can end an era of exploitation", says Environmental…
The Environmental Justice Foundation exists to protect the natural world and defend our basic human right to a secure environment.
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January 17, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Steve Trent, EJF CEO & Founder, says: “This treaty provides one of the biggest opportunities we have to protect the ocean from those who wish to destroy it for short-term profit, and to end an era of exploitation. Governments must move fast and ambitiously to turn commitments into real protections.”
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🇪🇺💡 Thank you to EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis for meeting with Steve Trent, CEO and Founder of EJF, and our team to discuss our investigation into the unregulated squid fishery in the Southwest Atlantic.
We greatly appreciate the open and thoughtful discussion.
We greatly appreciate the open and thoughtful discussion.
January 16, 2026 at 9:56 AM
🇪🇺💡 Thank you to EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis for meeting with Steve Trent, CEO and Founder of EJF, and our team to discuss our investigation into the unregulated squid fishery in the Southwest Atlantic.
We greatly appreciate the open and thoughtful discussion.
We greatly appreciate the open and thoughtful discussion.
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We discussed the risks posed by the lack of management of this high seas area and the steps to addressing the structural drivers of overexploitation and human rights abuses in the region.
It is critical that we use all available tools to promote transparency and sustainable fisheries governance.
It is critical that we use all available tools to promote transparency and sustainable fisheries governance.
Bright lights, dim prospects: The urgent need to address unregulated…
Hundreds of distant-water vessels are plundering squid populations in the Southwest Atlantic, driving a keystone species towards collapse and exposing…
ejfoundation.org
January 16, 2026 at 9:56 AM
We discussed the risks posed by the lack of management of this high seas area and the steps to addressing the structural drivers of overexploitation and human rights abuses in the region.
It is critical that we use all available tools to promote transparency and sustainable fisheries governance.
It is critical that we use all available tools to promote transparency and sustainable fisheries governance.
Off the Road: In December of 2019, EJF began working in #Liberia to secure legal and sustainable fisheries by reducing illegal fishing activities and promoting co-management.
January 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Off the Road: In December of 2019, EJF began working in #Liberia to secure legal and sustainable fisheries by reducing illegal fishing activities and promoting co-management.
Off the Road: Read our report on securing small-scale fishers livelihood in #Liberia
ejfoundation.org/reports/fish...
ejfoundation.org/reports/fish...
Fishers' rights matter: Mapping small-scale fisheries landing and…
Liberia’s small-scale fisheries are the backbone of coastal livelihoods, but they face mounting threats from coastal erosion, mangrove destruction, and…
ejfoundation.org
December 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Off the Road: Read our report on securing small-scale fishers livelihood in #Liberia
ejfoundation.org/reports/fish...
ejfoundation.org/reports/fish...
Off the Road: Read about how we used Village Savings and Loans Associations as took for empowering members of fishing communities in #Liberia
VSLA update brief: Improving women’s participation in fisheries…
This brief updates EJF’s report Levelling The Playing Field : Assessing the impact of Village Savings andLoans Associations (VSLAs) in Liberia’s coastal…
ejfoundation.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Off the Road: Read about how we used Village Savings and Loans Associations as took for empowering members of fishing communities in #Liberia
A guide to co-management association formation. Lessons from our work in #Liberia
ejfoundation.org/reports/buil...
ejfoundation.org/reports/buil...
Building it bottom-up: Collaborative Management Association…
Collaborative Management Associations (CMAs) are transforming fisheries governance, empowering coastal communities to safeguard the marine resources they…
ejfoundation.org
December 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A guide to co-management association formation. Lessons from our work in #Liberia
ejfoundation.org/reports/buil...
ejfoundation.org/reports/buil...
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This has left the UK at risk of being targeted by criminal actors looking to sell their illegal catches on our shores, impacting honest fishers who must compete in the unfair market.
Now is the time for the UK take action to to bring the global fishing industry out of the shadows.
Now is the time for the UK take action to to bring the global fishing industry out of the shadows.
Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency
The Global Charter comprises ten holistic, no-cost to low-cost measures for greater transparency in the global fishing sector to enable sustainable,…
ejfoundation.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This has left the UK at risk of being targeted by criminal actors looking to sell their illegal catches on our shores, impacting honest fishers who must compete in the unfair market.
Now is the time for the UK take action to to bring the global fishing industry out of the shadows.
Now is the time for the UK take action to to bring the global fishing industry out of the shadows.
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📣 Call for proposals: Latin America Regional Coordinator
We are seeking one or more Latin America (LATAM) implementation partners to coordinate work under our European Union-funded project, The Global Toolkit for Participatory Fisheries Governance.
Submit your application by 31 January 2026:
We are seeking one or more Latin America (LATAM) implementation partners to coordinate work under our European Union-funded project, The Global Toolkit for Participatory Fisheries Governance.
Submit your application by 31 January 2026:
Call for proposals: Latin America Regional Coordinator
The successful organisation(s) will lead project implementation in 1-3 LATAM countries, reporting regularly to EJF, who will provide guidance based on…
ejfoundation.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📣 Call for proposals: Latin America Regional Coordinator
We are seeking one or more Latin America (LATAM) implementation partners to coordinate work under our European Union-funded project, The Global Toolkit for Participatory Fisheries Governance.
Submit your application by 31 January 2026:
We are seeking one or more Latin America (LATAM) implementation partners to coordinate work under our European Union-funded project, The Global Toolkit for Participatory Fisheries Governance.
Submit your application by 31 January 2026:
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This week, in collaboration with @ejfoundation.org Senegal, we supported a day of reflection with small-scale fishing community leaders.
This is grassroots leadership in action.
Communities aren't waiting for change; they're organising and advocating for the legal framework they need to thrive.
This is grassroots leadership in action.
Communities aren't waiting for change; they're organising and advocating for the legal framework they need to thrive.
December 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This week, in collaboration with @ejfoundation.org Senegal, we supported a day of reflection with small-scale fishing community leaders.
This is grassroots leadership in action.
Communities aren't waiting for change; they're organising and advocating for the legal framework they need to thrive.
This is grassroots leadership in action.
Communities aren't waiting for change; they're organising and advocating for the legal framework they need to thrive.
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🚨 We’re hiring a Project Officer to join our EU-funded Global Toolkit team 🌍
We're looking for someone with experience across project management, who can give high-calibre remote support to multiple in-country teams and closely track the project’s implementation.
Apply by 16 January 2026:
We're looking for someone with experience across project management, who can give high-calibre remote support to multiple in-country teams and closely track the project’s implementation.
Apply by 16 January 2026:
Project Officer - EU-funded Global Toolkit
Project Officer - EU-funded Global Toolkit for Participatory Fisheries Governance Based: EJF office in London Contract : Full-time, permanent Salary…
ejfoundation.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🚨 We’re hiring a Project Officer to join our EU-funded Global Toolkit team 🌍
We're looking for someone with experience across project management, who can give high-calibre remote support to multiple in-country teams and closely track the project’s implementation.
Apply by 16 January 2026:
We're looking for someone with experience across project management, who can give high-calibre remote support to multiple in-country teams and closely track the project’s implementation.
Apply by 16 January 2026:
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Today is #HumanRightsDay.
All our human rights are contingent on a healthy, secure environment. At EJF, we work to secure the rights of marginalised and underrepresented people across the globe.
Learn more about some of our work to protect human rights 🧵
All our human rights are contingent on a healthy, secure environment. At EJF, we work to secure the rights of marginalised and underrepresented people across the globe.
Learn more about some of our work to protect human rights 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Today is #HumanRightsDay.
All our human rights are contingent on a healthy, secure environment. At EJF, we work to secure the rights of marginalised and underrepresented people across the globe.
Learn more about some of our work to protect human rights 🧵
All our human rights are contingent on a healthy, secure environment. At EJF, we work to secure the rights of marginalised and underrepresented people across the globe.
Learn more about some of our work to protect human rights 🧵
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Community-led restoration brings people, science, and policy together to achieve sustainable and just outcomes. Governments must now strengthen protections and enforce laws that stop deforestation before it starts.
Watch the full film 🔗 youtu.be/VwJMvRH95lM
Watch the full film 🔗 youtu.be/VwJMvRH95lM
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Community-led restoration brings people, science, and policy together to achieve sustainable and just outcomes. Governments must now strengthen protections and enforce laws that stop deforestation before it starts.
Watch the full film 🔗 youtu.be/VwJMvRH95lM
Watch the full film 🔗 youtu.be/VwJMvRH95lM
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Alongside Hen Mpoano, as a part of our Sustainable Oceans Project, our new short documentary, “Forests of Life: Ghana’s Sankofa Journey of Mangrove Restoration”, reveals how local action and stronger policy can revive these vital ecosystems.
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Alongside Hen Mpoano, as a part of our Sustainable Oceans Project, our new short documentary, “Forests of Life: Ghana’s Sankofa Journey of Mangrove Restoration”, reveals how local action and stronger policy can revive these vital ecosystems.
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🌱 Across Ghana’s coast, mangroves nurture fisheries, guard shorelines from erosion and storms, and sequester vast amounts of carbon.
Mangroves are among the most powerful natural climate solutions on Earth. In Ghana, they are also the lifeblood of coastal communities.
Mangroves are among the most powerful natural climate solutions on Earth. In Ghana, they are also the lifeblood of coastal communities.
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🌱 Across Ghana’s coast, mangroves nurture fisheries, guard shorelines from erosion and storms, and sequester vast amounts of carbon.
Mangroves are among the most powerful natural climate solutions on Earth. In Ghana, they are also the lifeblood of coastal communities.
Mangroves are among the most powerful natural climate solutions on Earth. In Ghana, they are also the lifeblood of coastal communities.
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New research shows no one is immune to the plastic and chemical pollution crisis ❌
A shocking new study shows that every European minister tested had PFAS, toxic ‘forever chemicals,’ in their blood.
This investigation is another wake-up call to the dangers of plastics to human health.
A shocking new study shows that every European minister tested had PFAS, toxic ‘forever chemicals,’ in their blood.
This investigation is another wake-up call to the dangers of plastics to human health.
EU ministers test positive for forever chemicals in their blood
PFAS were found in the blood of all the EU ministers sampled, the tests found.
www.euronews.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
New research shows no one is immune to the plastic and chemical pollution crisis ❌
A shocking new study shows that every European minister tested had PFAS, toxic ‘forever chemicals,’ in their blood.
This investigation is another wake-up call to the dangers of plastics to human health.
A shocking new study shows that every European minister tested had PFAS, toxic ‘forever chemicals,’ in their blood.
This investigation is another wake-up call to the dangers of plastics to human health.
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Indigenous and traditional peoples in impacted biomes bear the brunt of the climate crisis they did not cause.
It is critical that these women working to protect the Pantanal have their voices heard. We look forward to continuing to work with them and bring their expertise to the global stage.
It is critical that these women working to protect the Pantanal have their voices heard. We look forward to continuing to work with them and bring their expertise to the global stage.
Environmental Defenders
The Environmental Justice Foundation exists to protect the natural world and defend our basic human right to a secure environment.
ejfoundation.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Indigenous and traditional peoples in impacted biomes bear the brunt of the climate crisis they did not cause.
It is critical that these women working to protect the Pantanal have their voices heard. We look forward to continuing to work with them and bring their expertise to the global stage.
It is critical that these women working to protect the Pantanal have their voices heard. We look forward to continuing to work with them and bring their expertise to the global stage.
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🌎 Women of the Pantanal connect with #COP30 leaders
Last week, attended a meeting with COP30 Special Envoys and other women of the Pantanal to discuss the impacts of the climate crisis on their lives and livelihoods. We provided support for women from our Environmental Defenders program to attend.
Last week, attended a meeting with COP30 Special Envoys and other women of the Pantanal to discuss the impacts of the climate crisis on their lives and livelihoods. We provided support for women from our Environmental Defenders program to attend.
October 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🌎 Women of the Pantanal connect with #COP30 leaders
Last week, attended a meeting with COP30 Special Envoys and other women of the Pantanal to discuss the impacts of the climate crisis on their lives and livelihoods. We provided support for women from our Environmental Defenders program to attend.
Last week, attended a meeting with COP30 Special Envoys and other women of the Pantanal to discuss the impacts of the climate crisis on their lives and livelihoods. We provided support for women from our Environmental Defenders program to attend.
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Freshwater wetlands are irreplaceable carbon vaults and vital homes for people and wildlife.
From including wetlands into national climate commitments to delivering finance for their protection and restoration, wetlands must be integrated into climate action at the upcoming #COP30 and beyond.
From including wetlands into national climate commitments to delivering finance for their protection and restoration, wetlands must be integrated into climate action at the upcoming #COP30 and beyond.
October 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Freshwater wetlands are irreplaceable carbon vaults and vital homes for people and wildlife.
From including wetlands into national climate commitments to delivering finance for their protection and restoration, wetlands must be integrated into climate action at the upcoming #COP30 and beyond.
From including wetlands into national climate commitments to delivering finance for their protection and restoration, wetlands must be integrated into climate action at the upcoming #COP30 and beyond.
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Peatlands cover just 3-4% of the Earth’s land surface, but they contain as much carbon as all of the world’s forests and store up to ⅓ of the world’s soil carbon.
Despite this, wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests, releasing vast stores of carbon accumulated over millennia.
Despite this, wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests, releasing vast stores of carbon accumulated over millennia.
Nature's mighty carbon stores: why conserving freshwater wetlands is…
Freshwater wetlands store vast amounts of carbon, regulate water flows, and sustain biodiversity and livelihoods worldwide. Yet they are being drained,…
ejfoundation.org
October 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Peatlands cover just 3-4% of the Earth’s land surface, but they contain as much carbon as all of the world’s forests and store up to ⅓ of the world’s soil carbon.
Despite this, wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests, releasing vast stores of carbon accumulated over millennia.
Despite this, wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests, releasing vast stores of carbon accumulated over millennia.
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💧🌱 Freshwater wetlands – our most powerful, but neglected climate allies
They store vast amounts of carbon, regulate water flows, and sustain biodiversity and livelihoods worldwide.
However, our new report reveals how they are being destroyed at alarming rates, fatally undermining climate goals.
They store vast amounts of carbon, regulate water flows, and sustain biodiversity and livelihoods worldwide.
However, our new report reveals how they are being destroyed at alarming rates, fatally undermining climate goals.
October 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
💧🌱 Freshwater wetlands – our most powerful, but neglected climate allies
They store vast amounts of carbon, regulate water flows, and sustain biodiversity and livelihoods worldwide.
However, our new report reveals how they are being destroyed at alarming rates, fatally undermining climate goals.
They store vast amounts of carbon, regulate water flows, and sustain biodiversity and livelihoods worldwide.
However, our new report reveals how they are being destroyed at alarming rates, fatally undermining climate goals.
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🚨 URGENT: ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT to tell UK Govt to safeguard marine protected areas from bottom-trawl fishing 🪸
We need YOU to help us demand a ban and protect our precious ocean habitats! 🌊
Take action today! The countdown is on ⌛️🔽
only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
We need YOU to help us demand a ban and protect our precious ocean habitats! 🌊
Take action today! The countdown is on ⌛️🔽
only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
September 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🚨 URGENT: ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT to tell UK Govt to safeguard marine protected areas from bottom-trawl fishing 🪸
We need YOU to help us demand a ban and protect our precious ocean habitats! 🌊
Take action today! The countdown is on ⌛️🔽
only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
We need YOU to help us demand a ban and protect our precious ocean habitats! 🌊
Take action today! The countdown is on ⌛️🔽
only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...