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WIOMSA Magazine Issue 15

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest issue of the WIOMSA Magazine!   Guest edited by Alison Clausen, Deputy Coordinator of the Ocean Decade, Issue 15 of the WIOMSA Magazine: […]
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Beneath the Blue: Mapping Marine Topography and Biodiversity of Soft Sediment Habitats of the WIO

The WIO-Benth Project, funded by WIOMSA’s MASMA programme and managed by the Oceanographic Research Institute, compiled masses of information on soft sediment habitats and their fauna in the western part […]
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WIOMSA Magazine Issue 16: Marine Mammals in the WIO

This special edition of WIOMSA Magazine highlights the urgent conservation challenges facing cetaceans—whales, dolphins, and porpoises—in the Western Indian Ocean. Featuring cutting-edge research, innovative citizen science initiatives, and community-led conservation […]
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Ambio Volume 24 No 7-8 . 1995 – Research and Capacity Building for Sustainable Coastal Management

These is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering Research and Capacity Building for Sustainable Coastal Management
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Methodological Guide to Integrated Coastal Zone Management

So as to be able to manage and develop our coastal zones in a sustainable manner, decision-makers must understand how the natural environment and human activities interrelate to form an […]
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Sharing Coastal Management Experience in the Western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Experts and Practitioners Workshop on Integrated Coastal Area Management for Eastern Africa and Island States

Sharing Coastal Management Experience in the Western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Experts and Practitioners Workshop on Integrated Coastal Area Management for Eastern Africa and Island States
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Local and community Integrated Coastal Zone Management – Experiences from Eastern Africa March, 1998

The Regional Workshop on Experiences in Local and Community Intergrated Coastal Zone Management: Lessons to date organized by SEACAM and WIOMSA and held in Zanzibar, 4-7 March, 1998 is therefore […]
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Ambio Volume 27 No 8. 1999 – SEACAM: Coastal Zone Management in Eastern Africa Has Taken a New Approach

SEACAM: Coastal Zone Management in Eastern Africa Has Taken a New Approach
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Guidelines for the environmental assessment of coastal tourism

An environmental assessment manual to assist Government agencies, tourism developers, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and community organisations.
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