Monrovia, March 21 -- The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency has challenged stakeholders and policy makers in the West African region and beyond to exercise the willpower in combating climate change and protecting the marine ecosystem.

Mr. Blama, who chairs the National Steering Committee of the ongoing Blue Ocean Conference in Monrovia in his official opening remarks on Wednesday, March 20 vowed that in the coming days, stakeholders including local and international experts attending the conference will discuss new and tangible ways to monitor and address climate change and marine pollution.

"We are going to examine innovative means to mitigating the flow of pollution from land to ocean; and we will continue to ...