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The Hifadhi Blu Programme, is offering grants of up to USD 200,000 for organisations improving Marine Conservation Area (MCA) management and community-led ocean governance.
📅 Deadline: 29 November 2025
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#MarineConservation #WIOMSA #OceanDecade #BlueEconomy #Sustainability
a collaboration focused on tracking migrating humpback whales to a network encompassing all cetacean species in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO).
The message from the final day was clear: “Working together expands our impact exponentially.”
#IndoCet #WIOMSA #HuDoNET #CetaceanResearch #WIO
On the final day of the 13th WIOMSA Scientific Symposium, the Indian Ocean Cetacean Consortium, known as IndoCet, hosted a Special Session, which brought researchers together, before saying “Kwaheri” to Mombasa, Kenya. The presentations revealed ...
#IndoCet #WIOMSA
image courtesy of Dave Hurwitz
co-exist. A thought-provoking concept!
#wiomsa #day3 #IPBES #NexusAssessment #TransformativeChangeAssessment
anchor financial capital in natural capital at local scales to enable community stewardship and ensure they benefit. He advocates for maintaining 25% of every square km as (semi-) natural habitat so that our landscapes (and seascapes) are a mosaic where people and nature deliberately [...]
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reform fragmented governance, and enable nature-positive, people-centred transformations. Their Transformative Change Assessment (2024) suggests that today’s nature decline is rooted in disconnection from nature, unequal power/wealth, and short-termism;
#TransformativeChangeAssessment #WIOMSA
He outlined IPBES’s (2024) Nexus Assessment which synthesises how biodiversity, water, food, health, and climate interconnect, outlining integrated, just policies that deliver co-benefits, reduce trade-offs, [...]
#wiomsa #IPBES #NexusAssessment #TransformativeChangeAssessment
He talked about coral reefs, climate change, “Burning Embers” and plausible futures. The situation is critical for corals as climate change accelerates. Conservation actions help but cannot keep up with the rate of change. Plausible futures are distressing.
#wiomsa #TransformativeChangeAssessment
WIOMSA Day 3 highlight was an interesting plenary presentation entitled “Sustainability – balancing nature, economy and society”, delivered by Dr David Obura. He is the current chair of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
#wiomsa #day3 #IPBES #NexusAssessment
TODAY! WCRP continues to strengthen engagement with the Global South. Join us for an update on our recent initiatives in the Western Indian Ocean region during the WIOMSA Symposium.
2 October 2025: 14:00–17:30
🔗 More info: https://loom.ly/WZkE0Vc
#WCRP #GlobalSouth #WIOMSA
Other presentations in the session included a photo-id study of the enigmatic Omura’s whale (a beautiful creature) and study of the overlap of marine traffic and cetaceans in the SWIO, which highlighted hotspots where speed restrictions or rerouting could reduce impacts.
#wiomsa #day2 #omuraswhale
the most important gaps and opportunities to understand and mitigate threats. The outcome was 13 Priority Actions that should strengthen evidence-based recommendations to galvanise humpback-dolphin conservation across the range.
#wiomsa #hudonet #actionplan #threats #oneoceanonefuture
The other humpback dolphin presentation was given by Shanan Atkins, on behalf of HuDoNet and outlined the process and results of designing the Network Action Plan. It summarised current knowledge of this dolphin conservation system, and [...]
#hudonet #actionplan #conservation #wiomsa
shallow habitats, with muddy bottoms and low salinity.All the dolphins sighted in Kenya were also seen in Tanzania, suggesting that management of the species needs a regional strategy that includes both countries.
#hudonet #wiomsa #marineconservation
hunting, chemical pollution, plastics and more. Tackling these will take a coordinated strategy among scientists, managers and funders. The aim of the session was to provide explicit examples of work being undertaken.
Two of the talks were about humpback dolphins:
#hudonet #WIOMSA #humpbackdolphin
The poster sessions had two themes: Fisheries and Ocean Health.
In the afternoon, we were spoiled for choice yet again, with another 8 sessions from Using Storytelling to Advance Marine Conservation and Financing a Sustainable Blue Future at different ends of the spectrum.
#wiomsa #oneocean
🌊 Help shape the future of ocean observation 🪸
Join us at the #WIOMSA 13th Scientific Symposium to co-create a Blueprint for Integrated Ocean Science.
📌 Special Session: SS038: Ocean Observations of Marine Life
🗓️Thursday 2nd October, 2025 / 14:00-17:30
🔗 More info: bioecoocean.org/events/wioms...
🌊 13th #WIOMSA Symposium!
📅 28 Sep – 3 Oct
📍 Mombasa, Kenya
#OceanDecade-endorsed: Join scientists & stakeholders for cutting-edge research & sustainable ocean solutions!
🔗 Register by 20 Aug: ow.ly/vyEK50WtOyo
#wiomsa2025 #marinescience #oceanconservation
Mapping Seagrass Initiatives in the Western Indian Ocean for Climate Conservation #Pew_Charitable_Trusts #Tanzania #WIOMSA #Zanzibar #LaSMMI
Enhancing Marine Conservation Through Seagrass Mapping in the Western Indian Ocean #Marine_Conservation #Tanzania #Seagrass_Mapping #WIOMSA #Zanzibar
