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Mangroves as Nature-based Solutions to Coastal Hazards in Eastern Ghana
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Oceanographic and Ecological data for Nature-based coastal protection in Tunisia
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Participatory modeling for Nature-based Solutions in the Western Indian Ocean region
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Nature-based solution for mitigating Watershed Pollution by Coastal Seagrass Meadows
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Assessing the biodiversity of eels (BIOEELS-TZ)
BIOEELS-TZ followed an interdisciplinary approach to bridge knowledge gaps through a better understanding …
Themes:
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Fisheries
Region:
Tanzania
Season: 3
Episode: 7
Podcast
Enabling lasting transformation – Innovation, inclusion, finance
How innovation, inclusion and finance should be linked to upscale sustainability transformation. …
Themes:
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Western Indian Ocean
Video
MeerWissen – Promo Video
This video promotes MeerWissen to build strong partnerships for marine science that matters. …
Themes:
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Western Indian Ocean
Impact Story
Seaweed for climate change resilient blue economies, biodiversity and ecosystem services (CLIMALG-SN)
CLIMALG-SN addressed the need for better scientific knowledge of seaweed habitats and species …
Themes:
Nature-based Solutions
,
Ocean Observation
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Senegal
Impact Story
New Digital Technologies for Marine Biodiversity Data Handling in East Africa – Data Linking People (NeDiT)
NeDiT aims to improve the handling of marine biodiversity data and facilitate policymaking …
Themes:
Ocean Observation
,
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Fisheries
Region:
East Africa
,
Tanzania
Impact Story
Scientific Knowledge Base for MSP in Namibia (NAMares)
NAMares was established to support the marine spatial planning process in Namibia, aiming …
Themes:
Marine Spatial Planning
,
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Namibia
Impact Story
Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring in Cabo Verde (CEM-CV)
Artisanal fisheries are crucial for the livelihoods of coastal communities in East Africa. …
Themes:
Ocean Observation
,
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Cabo Verde
Season: 3
Episode: 6
Podcast
The hidden power of sustainable small-scale fisheries
Key opportunities and challenges for biodiversity conservation in the ocean …
Themes:
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Fisheries
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 3
Episode: 5
Podcast
Empowering local communities: Co-designing Nature-based Solutions in Ghana
How can NbS empower local communities to build resilience to coastal hazards and …
Themes:
Nature-based Solutions
,
Science Policy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Ghana
Season: 3
Episode: 4
Podcast
The ocean-climate nexus
Key opportunities and challenges for biodiversity conservation in the ocean …
Themes:
Nature-based Solutions
,
Science Policy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 3
Episode: 3
Podcast
Marine Protected Areas and Other Effective Conservation Measures
Taking stock and looking ahead …
Themes:
Marine Spatial Planning
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
South Africa
,
Zanzibar
Season: 3
Episode: 2
Podcast
The value of local and indigenous knowledge for better ocean management
How a diversity of knowledge can benefit society and the marine environment …
Themes:
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 3
Episode: 1
Podcast
Towards a sustainable ocean economy
A pipedream or real opportunity for transformation? …
Themes:
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 2
Episode: 15
Podcast
Solutions basées sur les connaissances pour favoriser une économie bleue durable en Afrique de l’Ouest
Enseignements de l’Afrique de l’Ouest …
Themes:
Sustainable Blue Economy
,
Sustainable Fisheries
Region:
Western Indian Ocean
bonus Episode
Podcast
Early Career Ocean Professionals: What ocean science for sustainable development?
African visions of the ocean science we need for the oceans we want …
Themes:
Ocean Observation
,
Science Policy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Western Indian Ocean
Feature
Vision 2030 – The Future of Ocean Conservation
George Rushingisha has returned from Mozambique to his workplace at the Tanzania Fisheries …
Themes:
Sustainable Blue Economy
,
Sustainable Fisheries
Region:
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 2
Episode: 14
Podcast
A new global biodiversity framework: What place for the ocean?
Key opportunities and challenges for biodiversity conservation in the ocean …
Themes:
Marine Spatial Planning
,
Science Policy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Western Indian Ocean
Impact Story
PROMOTING A SUSTAINABLE BLUE ECONOMY IN SENEGAL
INDUCE focuses on assessing the functional diversity of commercially valuable fish species in …
Themes:
Sustainable Blue Economy
,
Sustainable Fisheries
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
Season: 2
Episode: 13
Podcast
Marine spatial planning and the 30 × 30 goal
How can we reconcile blue growth and the protection of biodiversity? …
Themes:
Marine Spatial Planning
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
Impact Story
NEW DATA AND METHODS FOR COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA
CoastWise is developing new data and methods for coastal assessment and planning supporting …
Themes:
Marine Spatial Planning
,
Ocean Observation
Region:
Western Indian Ocean
Feature
Science to Policy in the WIO Region
The UN Ocean Decade is shining the spotlight on the need for evidence-based …
Themes:
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Western Indian Ocean
Video
The MeerWissen initiative
This video promotes the core of the initiative: establish scientific cross-regional “partnerships of …
Themes:
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 2
Episode: 12
Podcast
Blue Nature-Based Solutions in the Western Indian Ocean Region
The role of science, policy and practice …
Themes:
Nature-based Solutions
,
Science Policy
Region:
Western Indian Ocean
Video
How to protect our ocean (if money weren’t an issue)
We have asked marine scientists: If money weren’t an issue, what would you …
Themes:
Nature-based Solutions
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 2
Episode: 11
Podcast
Ocean governance and integrated ocean management in the WIO region
With a specific focus on the Nairobi Convention …
Themes:
Marine Spatial Planning
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Western Indian Ocean
Feature
Co-Design in WIOGEN
Co-design aims to create a space where scientists and non-academic stakeholders work together, …
Themes:
Science Policy
Region:
Western Indian Ocean
Impact Story
Fishing Data East Africa (FiDEA)
Artisanal fisheries are crucial for the livelihoods of coastal communities in East Africa. …
Themes:
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Fisheries
Region:
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 2
Episode: 10
Podcast
Two Perspectives on Scientific Data for Decision Making
Experiences from Tanzania and Zanzibar …
Themes:
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Tanzania
,
Zanzibar
Season: 1
Episode: 9
Podcast
From Data to Decision – Bridging the Science-Policy interface
Themes:
Ocean Observation
,
Science Policy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 1
Episode: 8
Podcast
The Ocean Decade in a nutshell — an insider’s account
Themes:
Ocean Observation
,
Science Policy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 1
Episode: 7
Podcast
Seaweeds: The hidden champions of coastal ecosytems
Themes:
Nature-based Solutions
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 2
Episode: 6
Podcast
Taking the PULSE of the ocean
Closing the loop from data to knowledge to action and back to data …
Themes:
Ocean Observation
,
Sustainable Fisheries
Region:
Senegal
,
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 1
Episode: 5
Podcast
Improving Ocean Governance through informal networks
Themes:
Marine Spatial Planning
,
Science Policy
Region:
South Africa
,
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 1
Episode: 4
Podcast
Biodiversity conservation and the private sector in Mauritania
How an unusual alliance aims to better protect Maritania’s precious ecosystems …
Themes:
Ocean Observation
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Mauritania
Season: 1
Episode: 3
Podcast
Integrated management at the land-sea interface
Themes:
Marine Spatial Planning
,
Ocean Observation
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
,
Western Indian Ocean
Season: 1
Episode: 2
Podcast
Sustainable Fisheries Management in East-Africa
Themes:
Science Policy
,
Sustainable Fisheries
Region:
Tanzania
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Podcast
Our Ocean and Coasts in COVID-19
Themes:
Ocean Observation
,
Sustainable Blue Economy
Region:
Atlantic Ocean
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