Environment and Conservation

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The one-year inception phase of the Environfish-WIO project began in March 2023 after the project

secured funding from SIDA some three months earlier. The 4-year Environfish project runs from

2024-2027. Stakeholder mapping and site selection missions have been conducted in Mozambique

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The WIO Critical Habitats Outlook is one of the main outputs of Component A of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project ‘Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the protection of the Western Indian Ocean from land-based sources and activities (WIOSAP)’, designed to respond to sustainable development goal (SDG) 14.2 and 14.5; and related Aichi Biodiversity targets, besides promoting various management approaches and tools.