Tag: WIOMSA
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Issue 11 of the WIOMSA Magazine focusing on Ecosystem Restoration is out!
This issue focuses on restoring damaged coastal ecosystems and includes Nature Seychelles’ coral reef restoration project, which is celebrating 10years of action.
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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…
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Seychelles project chosen as an African Blue Solution
Nature Seychelles’ Reef Rescuers is a leader in Africa, says international group Nature Seychelles’ coral reef restoration project, the Reef Rescuers has been identified as a “Blue Solution for Africa” by an international group consisting of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), GRID Arendal and…
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Civil Society Wants a Voice in Tuna Fisheries Management
Nature Seychelles’ Eric Blais recently returned from the 6th session of the CSO/Private sector forum on sustainable Tuna Fisheries management in the South West Indian Ocean held in Mombasa, Kenya. The meeting was hosted by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Tuna Fisheries Alliance of Kenya (TuFAK). Such meetings have been held annually since…