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Vision: A Prosperous Western Indian Ocean Region with Healthy Rivers, Coasts...
The Nairobi Convention is a partnership between governments, civil society and the private sector, working towards a prosperous Western Indian Ocean Region with healthy rivers,... -
The Law of the Sea and the Indian Ocean
The oceans are under stress from growing coastal populations, rapid industrialization and over-consumption of resources. Many people in the coastal zone depend on its waters for... -
The State of Ocean Governance in the Western Indian Ocean
The State of Ocean Governance in the Western Indian Ocean Region, developed in partnership with the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, reviews the status and... -
Strategic Action Plan for Land-Based Sources and Activities Affecting the...
This report deals mainly with preparation of an inventory of the pollution sources and loads, and offers input on setting priorities and selecting management strategies and... -
Governance of the seamounts in the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO)
In the regional governance of the Indian Ocean developed for the high sea and areas adjacent to it, the place given to the management of areas beyond the national jurisdiction... -
Threats posed to Marine Life in the Western Indian Ocean from Anthropogenic...
Questions and concerns about the effects of human introduction of noise into the marine environment on increasingly large scales are well-founded. Major progress has been made... -
Marine Spatial Planning of the Western Indian Ocean Blue Economy
This report was compiled to demonstrate how ecosystem-based marine spatial planning (MSP) is an effective tool for the implementation of the WIO Blue Economy (Kelleher 2015) by... -
Regional Oil and Gas Capacity Building Programme for the Nairobi Convention
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Sustainable Port Development in the WIO Region
There has been an increasing pace of large scale developments along coastlines ranging from railways, roads, Oil & Gas, mining activities and ports. This has been... -
No Net Loss of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Applying the Mitigation...
The Western Indian Ocean is one of the richest regions of the world for biodiversity. It comprises diverse ecosystems both in terms of biodiversity and the ecosystem services... -
Coastal Cities in WIO Region: New Opportunities for the Nairobi Convention
Of the 17 Goals, SDG 11, make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (Sustainable Cities and Communities), also known as the ‘urban SDG’,... -
Regional Outlook on Marine Protected Areas: Background, Purpose and Process
The Nairobi Convention through its GEF-funded project, ‘Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the protection of the Western Indian Ocean from land-based sources... -
Development of Ocean Governance Strategy for Africa: Summary of Scoping...
The role of Africa’s oceans and seas in supporting socio-economic growth and development across different sectors is so significant that cannot be overemphasized. Nonetheless,... -
Draft Ocean Acidification Paper For Western Indian Ocean Region
Marine ecosystem management and conservation is facing growing challenges from multiple and cumulative stressors (Chapin et al., 2000). Marine ecosystems are threatened by... -
Governance of the South West Indian Ocean Seamounts - Science to Policy...
Seamounts are active or extinct volcanoes located on mid-oceanic rifts or intra-plate hot spots. Because of their magmatic origin, seamounts contain mineral resources. A crust... -
Development of the Western Indian Ocean Action Plan on Marine Litter and...
Marine litter and microplastics has recently taken a top slot in the political and public agenda on the health and integrity of the world’s oceans (Galgani et al. 2015; UNEP... -
Conservation and Management of Chondrichthyans (Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras)...
The Western Indian Ocean (WIO) has been identified as a global hotspot for chondrichthyan diversity (Dulvy et al. 2014), with 130 shark, 86 batoid (wedgefishes, skates and rays)... -
Impact of the 3rd Global Coral Bleaching Event on the Western Indian Ocean in 2016
The main objective of this report is to provide updated information on the status of coral reefs in the region after the 2016 mass coral bleaching event. Secondary objectives... -
Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis of the Large Marine Ecosystems of the...
The Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems (ASCLME) Project and the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP) are part of a multi-project and multi-agency... -
Guidelines for the Assessment of Environmental Flows in the Western Indian...
Sustainable management of rivers is essential to maintaining livelihoods, health, biodiversity, economic and food security, and more in the Western Indian Ocean region and...