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Dec

New Video: Kisite Mpunguti Marine Park Awarded Blue Park Status!

December 10, 2021WIOMSA AdminUncategorized

Kisite Mpunguti Marine Park has been named a 2021 Blue Park Award winner. The award, by the Marine Conservation Institute, has been conferred on Kisite -Mpugunti for achieving the highest science based-standard for marine life protection and management. Kisite Mpungunti, managed by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), joins a growing network of 21 Blue Parks...

Nov

World Study on the Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education Institutions and World Sustainability Researchers list

November 25, 2021WIOMSA AdminUncategorized

A team at the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-nk/programmes/iusdrp/ and European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR) https://esssr.eu/ is undertaking a World Study on the SDGs at Higher Education Institutions aimed at identifying the extent to which the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been implemented into teaching and research. The project invites academic staff working...

Sep

Podcast: Regional Approaches to Ocean Conservation

September 7, 2021WIOMSA AdminUncategorized

Laure Katz , Blue Nature Alliance has facilitated an informative discussion about using regional approaches to ocean conservation in Africa and South America. The podcast features two of our own from the WIO region- Dr. Arthur Tuda, Executive Secretary, Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) and Angelique Pouponneau, CEO, Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation...

Aug

Call for applications: Training course on strengthening the regional capacity for marine litter monitoring in the Western Indian Ocean

August 30, 2021WIOMSA AdminUncategorized

The Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) in cooperation with WIOMSA, wishes to invite qualified participants to apply for a marine litter monitoring training course. The training will be hosted by KMFRI, on 22 – 30 November 2021. The objective of the course is to provide an in-depth understanding of harmonized protocols for inland...

Aug

New Publication: Integrating biodiversity targets from local to global levels

August 12, 2021WIOMSA AdminUncategorized

A paper – “Integrating biodiversity targets from local to global levels: A shared earth and ocean approach linking biodiversity and people – for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework”- has just been released in this week’s issue of Science Magazine. In this paper, African scientists, conservationists and community leaders present a ‘shared earth, shared ocean’ framework...

Aug

WIO Symphony

August 12, 2021WIOMSA AdminEvents, News, Uncategorized

The Nairobi Convention, in collaboration with Swedish partners, is building the WIO Symphony; a common model tool for assessing cumulative impact (to marine ecosystems) in the WIO region. After a year of data preparation, the next step in the process is working on the “sensitivity scores” which is one important component of the spatial model,...

Jul

African Youth 2021 Summit

July 29, 2021WIOMSA AdminUncategorized

This year, a group of young marine enthusiasts, the Youth4MPAs (Youth for Marine Protected Areas), in partnership with WILDOCEANS are hosting the first-ever virtual African Youth Summit on the 19th and 20th of August 2021. The summit aims to mobilise African Youth, encouraging them to take ownership of the global 30×30 target, and to adapt...

Jul

WIOMSA ScienceNews – Seagrass restoration successful in Tanzania!

July 22, 2021WIOMSA AdminUncategorized

WIOMSA ScienceNews provides updates on current WIOMSA-funded research projects. Grantees share their field experiences as well as their research results. In this week’s update, we look at Ecosystem-Based Coastal Zone Protection: The Effectiveness of Seagrass Meadows in Coastal Erosion Management (The Seagrass Project, in Tanzania). Seagrass restoration successful in Tanzania Planting a large number of...

Jul

The Western Indian Ocean region has declared 550,000 square kilometers as protected, a 63% jump since 2015!

July 16, 2021WIOMSA AdminUncategorized

The Western Indian Ocean region has declared 143* marine and coastal areas as protected – an area covering 553,163 square kilometers, representing 7 percent of the total Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the region – according to a new publication by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)-Nairobi Convention and the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association....

Jul

The MPA Outlook Report: Madagascar and Marine Protected Areas

July 11, 2021WIOMSA AdminUncategorized

Madagascar has pledged to triple the surface of its MPAs by 2025. It is well on its way to delivering on this pledge with 22 MPAs protecting 14,451 square kilometers of the ocean and 200 locally managed areas that are either legally recognised MPAs or managed by the local communities through legal bylaws. Learn more...

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