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Regional Marine Science Association Holds 10th Symposium
NATION 10 November 2017; Fenella Plows: Well-known local environmentalist, Dr. Nirmal Jivan Shah, Chief Executive of Nature Seychelles, participated in the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association’s (WIOMSA) 10th Symposium, where he made several presentations between the 30th October to the 4th November 2017 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. One of the presentations was on behalf of the Seychelles Conservation Climate Change Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT) on funding innovations, a second on coral reef restoration in the Western Indian Ocean region and a third on Blue Solutions and the IUCN Green List. He also facilitated a Special Session on coral reefs and chaired two keynote presentations.
FAMS launched at 2016 Ocean Conference
Statement by Dr. Nirmal Jivan Shah in the Plenary session of Our Ocean Conference, Friday 16 September, U.S. State Dept., Washington D.C. USA
Two months ago in July the U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean Dr. Jane Lubchenco partnered with the State Department, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the African Academies of Science, the African National Young Academies, The World Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Global Young Academy to host a high level, scientific roundtable in Mauritius entitled “Advancing Ocean Sciences in Africa.”