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Designing a Regional Ocean Acidification Program in the WIO

06
Apr

Designing a Regional Ocean Acidification Program in the WIO

April 6, 2024
A collaborative policy communication initiative by the OA Alliance and WIOMSA has released an insightful set of graphics on “Designing a Regional Ocean Acidification (OA) Program in the WIO.” The visualisations are part of the wider “Mapping OA Monitoring and Research Recommendations to Policy in Africa,” project. This initiative seeks to build on the 2022...
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20
Jan

WIOMSA Policy Brief:Bridging the gap between science, management and decision-making

January 20, 2019
Policies guides decision-making of politicians and resource managers. Policies can also become entrenched in legislation. Policy-making often follow a cycle involving bringing an issue to the attention of policy makers (agenda setting), defining the different options to address that issue (formulation, based on data, information and knowledge), implementing actions to achieve goals (implementation); and assessing...
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11
Jan

Preparing for Climate Change – A Climate Development Future for Coastal Kenya

January 11, 2019
Climate Compatible Development (CCD) refers to an integrated development strategy that takes the threat posed by climate change seriously. In the words of the originators of the term it is “development that minimises the harm caused by climate impacts, while maximising the many human development opportunities presented by a low emissions, more resilient, future” (Mitchell...
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11
Jan

Global markets and local livelihoods of coastal communities in Kenya Implications for sustainable management

January 11, 2019
The inshore coral reef fisheries are considered overexploited but marine fish production may still be sustained if fishing effort is directed to exploit the deep sea pelagic fisheries that have not been fully exploited due to inadequate technology and equipment. Aquaculture production with focus on prawns and sea cucumber may also be considered to reduce...
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11
Jan

Fishers´ migration along the Kenyan coast Implications for management of coastal fisheries

January 11, 2019
This policy brief has been developed following a regional research project designed to compile data on fishers’ movements, the drivers behind these movements and the impacts on host communities. The research was commissioned by the Marine Science for Management (MASMA) programme, under WIOMSA (Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association), to investigate fishers’ migrations within and...
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