Celebrating World Environment Day and World Oceans Day 2021

With World Environment Day (5 June) and World Oceans Day (8 June) approaching, the Nairobi Convention Secretariat is excited to share updates on how countries and stakeholders are working to protect, conserve, and manage the Western Indian Ocean region.

In recognition of ecosystem restoration’s benefits for the environment, economy, and livelihoods, Nairobi Convention states and partners have embarked on ambitious activities to help prevent and reverse ecosystem degradation – from rehabilitating seagrass beds in Mozambique to restoring mangroves in Tanzania to seabird habitat restoration in Mauritius, to name a few. Below, read more about these efforts across the region:

1. The importance of seagrass to Mozambicans in Inhaca and Inhambane Bays
2. Seabird habitat restoration in Ile aux Aigrettes, Mauritius
3. Managing the Malindi-Sabaki estuary in Kenya
4. Coral reef rehabilitation in Mauritius
5. Community participation in mangrove restoration in Mozambique
6. Restoring mangroves in Rufiji, Tanzania
7. Communities fight to restore their wetlands in Seychelles

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