Making Science Count
A “High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy" offers guidelines for an approach to ocean accounting...
MeerWissen Session at IMCC6 (Recording)
Effective marine and coastal conservation in Africa
21 August 2020, 11:00 -13:00 (UTC)
partnership
projects
MeerWissen supports partnership projects between African and German marine research institutions.
This collaboration strengthens capacities and generates data for knowledge-based marine conservation.
Assessing the biodiversity of eels (BIOEELS_TZ)
This project is still being developed. More information coming soon!
Country / Region
Tanzania
Marine Ecosystem Services for MSP (NAMares)
This project is still being developed. More information coming soon!
Country / Region
Namibia
Conserving functional diversity and promoting a sustainable Blue Economy (INDUCE)
This project is still being developed. More information coming soon!
Country / Region
Senegal
Seaweed for blue economies, biodiversity and ecosystem services (CLIMALG-SN)
This project is still being developed. More information coming soon!
Country / Region
Senegal
African Penguins and the Blue Economy (Penguins)
This project is still being developed. More information coming soon!
Country / Region
Namibia, South Africa
Taking the pulse of the Ocean (PULSE)
This project is still being developed. More information coming soon!
Country / Region
Senegal
West Indian Ocean Governance & Exchange Network (WIOGEN)
Project description
Integrated ocean governance approaches for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the West Indian Ocean through establishing a science to policy networking platform, promoting scientific exchange, early career capacity development and integrative social learning approaches.
Country / Region
West Indian Ocean Region
Fishing Data East Africa (FiDEA)
Project description
Strengthening a science-based decision-making process in support of sustainable fisheries management in the East African region by developing a regional framework for the collection, sharing and analysis of fisheries data.
Country / Region
Mozambique, Tanzania, Zanzibar
CoastWise
Project description
Improving the integrated assessment of South Africa’s land-sea interface to enhance the knowledge base for informed decision-making. Generating new data, piloting new technology for coastal and marine ecosystem assessments, filling important knowledge gaps, translating this knowledge into formats that can be used in spatial management, and building capacity in South Africa and the region.
Country / Region
South Africa
Data Linking People (NeDiT)
Project description
Supporting the use of new and innovative digital technologies for policy-making in marine resource management in Eastern Africa. Achieving improved handling of biodiversity data in East Africa, through providing and assessing as well as communicating data.
Country / Region
Tanzania
West African Biodiversity under Pressure (WASP)
Project description
Facilitating the mainstreaming of biodiversity protection, into the management of the fisheries sector, the Oil & Gas industry and Protected Areas policies.
Country / Region
Mauretania
MeerWissen community
The MeerWissen Community invites partners to exchange on their successes and lessons in gathering data on our ocean and providing this information to policy-makers.
The vast majority of the world’s commercially used fish stocks are either overfished (33%) or fished to their very limits (60%) (FAO 2018)
19% of coral reefs worldwide have been destroyed (Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2008)
8 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year (Jambeck et al 2015)
35% of the planet’s mangroves have been destroyed (MEA 2005)
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MeerWissen supports cooperation between African and German marine research institutions. This initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) seeks to give policy-makers the information they need to take knowledge-based decisions for the effective management and conservation of Africa’s ocean and coasts.
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Making science count: Expert Panel offers guidelines for an approach to ocean accounting
A “High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy”, a unique initiative of 14 world…
MeerWissen Session at IMCC6 (Recording)
Effective marine and coastal conservation in Africa.
21 August 2020, 11:00 -13:00 (UTC)
Guidelines on Effective Science to Policy Interaction in the Western Indian Ocean Region
The Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association’s (WIOMSA) new report “Enhancing…