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A win for science-based marine management
The West African Biodiversity under Pressure (WASP) Project is making waves for…
Kick-Off Workshop: Sustainable blue growth with seaweed in Senegal
During the online Kick-Off meeting on January 20th, activities of the “Seaweed for climate…
NeDiT Marine Biodiversity Data Digitization and Publication Workshop
The Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) in collaboration with the Tanzania Fisheries…
MeerWissen Webinar: African Penguins and the Blue Economy
The project “African Penguins and the Blue Economy” was introduced on January 27 as part…
MeerWissen Webinar: Fishing Data East Africa
The Fishing Data East Africa (FiDEA) project was introduced on January 15 as part of…
MeerWissen Webinar: Coastal ecosystem monitoring in Cabo Verde
The Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring in Cabo Verde (CEM_CV) project was introduced on December…
WIOGEN adapts to COVID-19 with Virtual Training Sessions
COVID-19 has certainly put a damper on many of the plans for projects that we would never…
Co-designing the Ocean Science we need for Africa
The virtual session “Co-designing the science we need for the Ocean Decade” was convened…
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…
Cabo Verde joins Fisheries Transparency Initiative
The MeerWissen project “Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring in Cabo Verde” (CEM_CV) used the Cabo…
Celebrating the People of WIOGEN
WIOGEN is all about connecting people and forming a network of experts around the Western…
Shaping the UN Ocean Decade
The NeDiT project, as part of the GIZ-funded MeerWissen Initiative, hosted a side event at…
Blue Classes for Ocean Literacy
Nature Mauritanie started their “Blue Classes” for school children from 10 to 15 years…
THE WASP PROJECT IS SETTING SAILS
The kick-off workshop for the WASP project (West-African Biodiversity under Pressure) was…
FIDEA Regional Workshop
Workshop on Stock Assessment and Estimation of SDG Indicator 14.4.1
Mauritania: hot earth, cold sea
Mauritania is a country situated at the north western coast of the African continent,…
Going the extra mile
Data Linking People (NeDiT) held its very first inaugural project workshop
IOC-UNESCO workshop on marine biodiversity management
Many coastal ecosystems worldwide are at a crossroad. The pace of environmental change is…
The WIOGEN kick-off conference
The Western Indian Ocean Governance Exchange Network (WIOGEN) conference
FiDEA stakeholders and project kick-off workshop
Project on improved fisheries data handling in East Africa is launched
Successful MeerWissen Co-Design Workshop
More than 30 scientists from several research institutions came together
Great response to the 2nd call for concepts of MeerWissen
We received over 15 submissions in the 2nd call for concepts.