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23
Sep

Mapping Seagrass for People, Nature, and Climate

September 23, 2025
Across the Western Indian Ocean (WIO), lush meadows of green seagrass stretch along coastlines, creating a critical underwater habitat. This vibrant ecosystem teems with marine life from schools of shimmering juvenile fish swimming across the islands of the Zanzibar Archipelago, to green sea turtles feeding on seagrass blades in Seychelles, to families of dugongs gently...
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25
Jan

Nominate an outstanding initiative for the 2019 Equator Prize

January 25, 2019
The Equator Prize 2019 will be awarded to outstanding community and indigenous initiatives that are advancing nature-based solutions for local sustainable development. Each winning group will receive USD 10,000 and will be invited to participate in a series of policy dialogues and special events during the United Nations General Assembly and the Secretary-General’s Climate Summit...
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09
Jan

Ocean Science Essay Competition

January 9, 2019
The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development will be from 2021 to 2030 , with the theme The Ocean We Need for the Future We Want. The Decade will provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a new foundation, across the science-policy interface, to strengthen the management of our oceans and coasts for...
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