RARE

RARE

Partner's Location: 
Global
Type of partner: 
Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
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Rare inspires change so people and nature thrive. Human behavior is both the cause and the solution to every major conservation challenge. Changing our behavior is hard, but it is the single most important thing we can do to ensure nature’s survival. Rare is a global leader in catalyzing behavior change to achieve enduring conservation results. For over 40 years, inspiring change has been woven into the fabric of our work. This is what we do. This is what makes us Rare.
 

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Consortium for the Conservation of the Coastal and Marine Ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean region (WIO-C)

Organization/Institution/Project linked to: 
Nairobi Convention

WIO-C is a consortium of international and regional Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in partnership with intergovernmental organizations that have presence and are active in regional marine and coastal ecosystem management in the WIO region. It was established during the impelementation of the project on ‘Addressing Land Based activities in the Western Indian Ocean (WIOLaB) to provide a framework for NGOs working in the WIO region to harmonize and advance efforts to protect, conserve, and manage the coastal and marine environment of the WIO region while working to alleviate poverty and attain sustainable livelihoods for the most vulnerable segments of its population. It also aims to support synergy in programmes of work on marine and coastal ecosystem management and promote knowledge and information sharing amongst stakeholders in the WIO region, as well as provide a mechanism for non-governmental entities to anchor activities in the Nairobi Convention and other intergovernmental processes, thus strengthening their implementation.

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Members: 
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), BirdLife International, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), East Africa Wildlife Society (EAWLS), Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO), Wetlands International, Blue Ventures, RARE, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Flora & Fauna International (FFI), Conservation International (CI), Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)