Environment and Conservation

A Toolkit for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA) of near-shore marine social-ecological systems in the Western Indian Ocean

Year Published: 
2022
Author(s): 
Nairobi Convention Secretariat
Geographical Information: 
Western Indian Ocean
Type of content: 
Publications and Reports

This Toolkit for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA) of near-shore marine social-ecological systems in the Western Indian Ocean represents a set of guidelines and instructions for undertaking CCVA on coastal social and ecological systems, focused on mangrove, coral reef and seagrass ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean region (WIO). The Toolkit comprises a background on climate change and climate change vulnerability, including conceptual and analytical vulnerability assessment frameworks.

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Tags: 
climate change, climate change assessment, CCVA, ccva toolkit
Topics of the content: 
Climate Change, Cost-benefits analysis, Ecosystem Management, Environment and Conservation, Environmental Governance

Western Indian Ocean Symphony - Resource Documents

Year Published: 
2022
Author(s): 
WIO Symphony
Geographical Information: 
Western Indian Ocean
Type of content: 
Trainings/Workshops/Capacity building

Other Marine Spatial Planning and Information Management Workshop Documents and Presentations are accesible HERE. 

 

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Tags: 
wio symphony, Marine Spatial Planning, information management, marine spatial planning and information management
Topics of the content: 
Economic activities, Ecosystem Management, Environment and Conservation, Planning and management, Policy and Governance

Technical meeting to address technical, policy and legal texts from recommendations of the second negotiated draft Protocol concerning Protected Areas and Wild Fauna and Flora in the Eastern African Region

Year Published: 
2023
Author(s): 
Nairobi Convention Secretariat
Geographical Information: 
Western Indian Ocean, Madagascar
Type of content: 
Trainings/Workshops/Capacity building

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Tags: 
2nd biodiversity protocol negotiations, protocol negotiations wid flora and fauna
Topics of the content: 
Biophysical environment, Environment and Conservation, Environmental Governance, Planning and management

Capacity development in Marine Spatial Planning Tools and Information Management in the Western Indian Ocean Region - 20-24 Nov 2023

Year Published: 
2023
Author(s): 
Nairobi Convention Secretariat
Geographical Information: 
Western Indian Ocean, Mombasa Kenya
Type of content: 
Trainings/Workshops/Capacity building

Meeting Documents

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Tags: 
information management, Marine Spatial Planning, msp, capacity buillding
Topics of the content: 
Economic activities, Ecosystem Management, Environment and Conservation, Environmental Governance, Human Environment, Planning and management, Policy and Governance

Meeting Documents - Integrated Management of the Marine and Coastal Resources of the Northern Mozambique Channel (NoCaMo) - Project Steering Committee - December 2023

Year Published: 
2023
Author(s): 
Nairobi Convention Secretariat
Geographical Information: 
Western Indian Ocean
Type of content: 
Project Steering Committee meetings (PSCs)

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Tags: 
nocamo project steering committee, PSC, nocamo psc, Project Steering Committee
Topics of the content: 
Biophysical environment, Environment and Conservation, Environmental Governance, Planning and management

Addressing the Three Planetary Crises - Side Event at the 12th WIOMSA Symposium

Year Published: 
2023
Author(s): 
Nairobi Convention Secretariat
Geographical Information: 
Western Indian Ocean
Type of content: 
Reports

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Tags: 
Pollution, biodiversity loss, climate change, triple planetary crises, WIOSAP, wiomsa symposium
Topics of the content: 
Biophysical environment, Climate Change, Ecosystem Management, Environment and Conservation, Environmental Governance, Harmful Substances, Human Environment

Report of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Protected Area Professional Network (WIOMPAN) Capacity Building Workshop - December 2023

Year Published: 
2023
Author(s): 
Nairobi Convention Secretariat
Geographical Information: 
Western Indian Ocean
Type of content: 
Trainings/Workshops/Capacity building

When: 1-4 December 2023

Where: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

 

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Tags: 
Marine Protected Areas, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
Topics of the content: 
Ecosystem Management, Environment and Conservation, Resource Efficiency

Presentations - The 2023 Nairobi Convention Focal Points and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) Meeting - December 2023

Year Published: 
2023
Author(s): 
Nairobi Convention Secretariat
Geographical Information: 
Western Indian Ocean
Type of content: 
Focal point meetings

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Tags: 
Focal Points meeting, regional economic commissions meeting, RECs, FPs
Topics of the content: 
Ecosystem Management, Environment and Conservation, Planning and management, Policy and Governance

Western Indian Ocean Coral Reef Task Force Workshop

Year Published: 
2023
Author(s): 
Nairobi Convention, CORDIO East Africa
Geographical Information: 
Western Indian Ocean
Type of content: 
Trainings/Workshops/Capacity building

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Tags: 
coral reef task force, Coral reefs
Topics of the content: 
Biophysical environment, Ecosystem Management, Environment and Conservation, Environmental Governance

Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Focal Points Meeting - December 2023

Year Published: 
2023
Author(s): 
Nairobi Convention Secretariat
Geographical Information: 
Western Indian Ocean
Type of content: 
Focal point meetings

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Tags: 
Western Indian Ocean, regional economic commissions meeting, Focal Points meeting
Topics of the content: 
Biophysical environment, Climate Change, Economic activities, Ecosystem Management, Environment and Conservation, Environmental Governance, Planning and management, Policy and Governance, Resource Efficiency