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12
Jul

GEMS/Water CDC: Continuous Professional Development Courses APPLY NOW

July 12, 2023, , ,
The world has a water quality problem. Rivers, lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, and groundwaters are under more pressure than ever as humans rely utterly on the resources they provide. Do you want to know more about monitoring global aquatic ecosystems and resources? If so, you could take a professional development course with the UNEP GEMS/Water Capacity Development...
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10
Jul

PhD Opportunity: Aquatic Pollution Monitoring and Modelling

July 10, 2023, ,
An opportunity for a PhD position in the fields of aquatic pollution monitoring and modelling at the University of Siena, in Tuscany Italy, has opened. This research opportunity focuses on integrating information from multiple sources; citizen science programmes, continuous sondes, low-cost sensors and remote sensing, into novel modelling and forecasting approaches to identify pollution sources...
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10
Jul

My Beloved Ocean Children’s Environmental Drawing Contest

July 10, 2023, ,
The Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, in partnership with Human in love, Korea, is pleased to announce the 3rd edition of “My Beloved Ocean” children’s drawing contest. I am protecting the oceans and the Earth with my painting! Our oceans are being destroyed due to various pollution and climate crises! Please express your story...
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10
Jul

Get your copy of the Blue Carbon Handbook

July 10, 2023, ,
The Blue Carbon Handbook is now live on the Ocean Panel website, and can be accessed here. “‘The Blue Carbon Handbook: Managing blue carbon as a nature-based solution for supporting sustainable development’ is an essential guide to blue carbon ecosystems and the benefits they provide to people and nature. The handbook was developed to provide decision-makers...
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10
Jul

Ireland Fellows Programme – Africa: Applications Now Open!

July 10, 2023, , ,
The Embassy of Ireland in Tanzania is pleased to announce that the Ireland Fellows Programme – Africa is open for applications until 30 July 2023. The Ireland-Africa Fellows Programme is a fully-funded scholarship opportunity open to students and professionals in Tanzania to study at Master’s level in Ireland’s world-renowned Higher Education Institutions (HEI) The Ireland...
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04
Jul

Launch of the 2023 Partners Initiative: Blue Economy and Ocean Governance

July 4, 2023, , , ,
The Africa-Europe Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the  2023 Partners Initiative, which has been created in response to the demand for a renewed partnership between local youth organizations across Africa and Europe following the 6th AU-EU Summit.  The project will award selected youth-led organizations with micro-awards of up to €5000 to deliver cross-continental grass root projects addressing...
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30
Jun

The June Issue of the WIOMSA Newsbrief is out!

June 30, 2023, , ,
We are pleased to invite you to read the June issue of the WIOMSA Newsbrief. In this issue of the Newsbrief, we spotlight the 9th Indian Ocean Rim Association Dialogue on Innovation in Blue Economy and its role in GDP Contribution that was held in Zanzibar in May. The dialogue explored opportunities for advancing blue...
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26
Jun

Blue Carbon as a Nature-Based Solution for Climate Action and Sustainable Development

June 26, 2023, ,
The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Ocean is pleased to invite you to  a webinar to launch the handbook “Blue carbon as a nature-based solution for climate action and sustainable development”. Coastal and marine ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses and tidal marshes are known as ‘blue carbon’ ecosystems for their ability to sequester...
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21
Jun

Job Opportunity at WIOMSA: Programme Manager- Science and Policy

June 21, 2023, ,
WIOMSA has launched a new programme called “Sustainable Blue Future in the Western Indian Ocean – Institutional Strengthening through Science, Capacity, and Assimilation for a Sustainable Blue Future – SCALABLE” (2023-2026). The programme aims to strengthen the WIO science-policy interface and increase the impact of the WIOMSA’s Marine Science for Management (MASMA) programme to support...
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21
Jun

Join the IOC UNESCO Ocean Science Day Celebration

June 21, 2023, ,
This year the 32nd IOC Assembly is open to the public during the traditional Ocean Science Day organised on 22 June to discuss current challenges in ocean science. The two main items of Ocean Science Day will be a discussion of opportunities and challenges for adaptation and mitigation to ocean change, preceded by a session highlighting the...
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