| Title of the Training: | Marine Litter Monitoring Workshop |
| Year of the Training: | 2019 |
| Number of Participants: | 17 |
| Country: | Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, and Tanzania |
| Subject: | Marine Pollution and MASMA |
| Description of the Project: | WIOMSA and the Sustainable Seas Trust (SST) hosted a workshop from 25 to 27 September 2019 at Isango Gate Hotel in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, to discuss important aspects of the regional Marine Litter Monitoring Programme and to plan the way forward for all partners involved. The WIOMSA Marine Litter Monitoring Programme strives to develop methods to determine current litter baselines and monitor marine litter in the long term. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss the most feasible and reliable approach to monitor litter in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) countries, while keeping the integrity and comparability of data in mind. Representatives from Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania and South Africa attended the workshop. An expert in marine debris research, Professor Peter Ryan from the FitzPatrick Institute of Ornithology, served as an advisor to the workshop. The Port Elizabeth gathering marked the second official meeting of the participating countries in the WIOMSA Marine Litter Monitoring Programme. The first meeting of these WIO countries was in Mombasa, Kenya in April, but a follow-up workshop. |
| Read More: | https://www.wiomsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Wiomsa-SeptOct-Newsbrief.pdf |