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10
May

Masters Opportunity: Investigating the implications of climate change for mangrove fauna along the Mlalazi Estuary, South Africa

May 10, 2023, ,
Mangrove ecosystems occur along the coastline and are of great ecological importance as a carbon sink, shoreline protection, and a nursery habitat for many fish species. As South African mangroves are located at one of the limits of their global distribution range, the effects of global change, specifically global warming, include range extension of these...
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10
May

Masters Opportunity: Biodiversity and Settlement in the Great African SeaForest

May 10, 2023, ,
South Africa’s kelp forests, informally termed “The Great African Seaforest” hold a remarkable and largely unexplored biodiversity. During a successful pilot study in 2022, 120 invertebrate families were identified from kelp holdfasts with diversity varying across sites and bioregions in the Western Cape. Building on this survey, this project aims to understand settlement dynamics within...
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10
May

Factors enabling local blue growth: Policy Brief available in French and Portuguese

May 10, 2023, , ,
The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) is pleased to announce that the policy brief 9 factors enabling local blue growth in developing countries is now available in French and Portuguese. The brief is based on results from four background studies, commissioned by SwAM, exploring the conditions for lifting coastal communities out of poverty through blue growth initiatives....
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04
May

The Minister of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment Launches WIO-COMPAS event in Seychelles

May 4, 2023, ,
The 22nd  WIO-COMPAS Certification Event kicked off in Seychelles  on 3rd of May with an official launch by H.E. Flavien Joubert, Minister of Agriculture, Climate Change and the Environment, Seychelles.  The WIOMSA President Marie May Jeremie was also in attendance and she underscored the important role that MPA practitioners can play in the achievement of...
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04
May

Ocean Governance Training for the Indian Ocean Region

May 4, 2023,
The Environment and International Law Practice Group of the World Bank, with funding from PROBLUE and in partnership with the University of Melbourne Law School, the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations, the International Seabed Authority, the Food and Agriculture Organization...
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24
Apr

Issue 15 of the WIOMSA Magazine has been published!

April 24, 2023, , ,
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest issue of the WIOMSA Magazine!   Guest edited by Alison Clausen, Deputy Coordinator of the Ocean Decade, Issue 15 of the WIOMSA Magazine: People and the Environment, focuses on the 12th WIOMSA Scientific Symposium  and the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. The 12th WIOMSA...
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20
Apr

Webinar: Mapping Ocean Acidification Monitoring and Research Recommendations to Policy

April 20, 2023,
WIOMSA established a Western Indian Ocean Acidification  Monitoring  project with regional institutions and experts in 2018, resulting in the WIO Ocean Acidification Monitoring Report. WIOMSA aims to upscale actions from the project and use ocean acidification (OA)  monitoring and research to inform ocean policy and management in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region.  The OA...
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14
Apr

Call for applications to join the Advisory Board of the UN Decade on Ecosystems Restoration

April 14, 2023, ,
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 has launched a public call for applications to become  Advisory board members for the term May 2023 to April 2025. Application deadline is 15 April 2023. As outlined in the board Terms of Reference, board members serve in their individual capacity and include members from Indigenous Peoples, local communities, civil society,...
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14
Apr

Indo-Pacific Fish Conference and the Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference

April 14, 2023,
The Organising Committee of the 11th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference (IPFC) and the Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Fish Biology,  is pleased to invite participants to the two conferences to be held on 20-24 November 2023 at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. The Indo-Pacific Fish Conference (IPFC), held every four years, is undoubtedly...
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14
Apr

Call for Nominations: The Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Awards

April 14, 2023, ,
Sustainable Fisheries Initiative is calling for nominations for the annual Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Awards (SFA). The awards seek to celebrate East Africans who give their time, expertise and passion on behalf of our precious natural resources. Across 15 categories, this annual event celebrates regional champions working in fisheries as well as nature protection, climate...
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