Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/370 |
G-II§23 |
Guinea |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Energy |
Relevant information
|
Other projects are currently under negotiation:
• The Guinea solar solution project, which involves the electrification of 200 rural localities using mini-grids powered by solar photovoltaic (SPV) mini-plants with a total capacity of 11.66 MWp, and electrification by SPV of 170 other rural localities.
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/370 |
G-II§38 |
Guinea |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Fisheries |
Relevant information
|
2.37. Guinea has modernized its fisheries legislation since 2015. (…)
(...)
These laws take into account the core principles of Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the relevant major conventions on sustainable resource management.
|
Keywords
|
Natural resources
Sustainable
|
|
Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/370 |
G-II§39 |
Guinea |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Fisheries |
Relevant information
|
The objective in this sector remains the maximization of economic and social benefits for Guinea from the exploitation of its fishery resources. This considers the need to safeguard ecosystem balance and the sustainability of resource exploitation, while seeking to increase the contribution of fisheries to food security, job creation, higher incomes for fisherfolk, and increased government revenue.
|
Keywords
|
Fish
Natural resources
Sustainable
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-Summary§9 |
Guinea |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Energy, Fisheries |
Relevant information
|
(…) Guinea's extensive waterways also constitute an exceptional asset which it is beginning to exploit for hydroelectric power. (...) On the other hand, the contribution of fisheries to the national economy has significantly diminished since the last TPR in 2011, owing in particular to overfishing of several fish species, structural weaknesses, and a lack of investment in sustainable fisheries.
|
Keywords
|
Energy
Fish
Renewable
Wildlife
Sustainable
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-I§1 |
Guinea |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Energy |
Relevant information
|
Located in West Africa, (…) Guinea also has vast hydroelectric potential (…)
|
Keywords
|
Energy
Natural resources
Renewable
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-III§120 |
Guinea |
2018 |
Measures |
General environmental reference |
All products/economic activities |
Relevant information
|
The services involved in the process of adoption of SPS standards are as follows:
(…)
• National Directorate of Sanitation and the Living Environment (DNACV);
• Environmental Study and Research Centre (CERE);
(…)
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-III§128 |
Guinea |
2018 |
Measures |
General environmental reference |
Agriculture |
Relevant information
|
Guinea has no legislation dealing specifically with GMOs.
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-IV§3 |
Guinea |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Forestry |
Relevant information
|
(…) Guinea also possesses substantial ligneous forestry resources, which are at risk from uncontrolled exploitation. Exports of ligneous forestry products amounted to 9,000 tonnes of wood in the rough in 2016.
|
Keywords
|
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-IV§46 |
Guinea |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Fisheries |
Relevant information
|
Despite these natural assets, the sector's contribution to the national economy has significantly diminished since the last TPR in 2011, in particular due to overfishing of several fish stocks, an increasingly weak, under-resourced and ill-adapted governance system, and the lack of investment in sustainable aquaculture. The extent of the overfishing has led to severe depletion of fisheries resources and, consequently, loss of interest in Guinean waters on the part of trading partners.
|
Keywords
|
Fish
Natural resources
Sustainable
|
|
Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/370/REV.1 |
S-IV§50 |
Guinea |
2018 |
Sectors |
General environmental reference |
Fisheries |
Relevant information
|
(...) In April 2017, within the framework of its "Hope in West Africa" ship tour conducted in West African waters against IUU fishing, the NGO Greenpeace International produced a damning report on fisheries activities in the seas off Conakry following its deep-sea expeditions. Most of the vessels boarded for illegal fishing were Chinese-owned, reflecting the fact that, according to the authorities, in 2017 the industrial fishing fleet was composed mainly of Chinese vessels.
|
Keywords
|
|
|