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Participatory Mapping of Fishing Grounds
Who gets a say in how our oceans are governed? Marine governance decisions are often made without the direct involvement of the communities whose lives

The Unsung Champions of Mangroves
https://youtu.be/6XDfIkVJDqs Little is known or spoken about Munje—a quiet coastal village tucked away in Ramisi Ward, Kwale County. Even less is known about the determined

Diving Pemba Island’s Coral Reefs
Starting on the 3rd of November 2019, the journey to Pemba involved lugging massive bits and pieces of equipment which gave the team an unforgettable journey which

Investigating the Population of Blacktip Reef Sharks in Mohéli, Comoros.
In early April this year, Clare Thouless, my fellow researcher at CORDIO, joined me in Comoros to investigate the waters of Mohéli, scoping out blacktip

Launch of the Munje CMA Plan
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step! March 14, 2024, marked the culmination of three-years of intensive multistakeholder efforts to support

Mapping the WIO’s Coral Bleaching Response for 2024
CORDIO East Africa, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Reef Resilience, on January 16, 2024 held a webinar to discuss a roadmap to

Bleaching our Logo for Coral Bleaching Awareness Month
This November, CORDIO is trading our vibrant logo for a bleached one to call attention to the unfolding coral bleaching. Coral reefs, often called the

The 1st International Festival of Sciences and Arts – Moroni, Comoros
All roads led to Moroni, Comoros for the inaugural International Festival of Sciences and Arts, centred around the Oceans. The event ran between September 18

Pemba Island Bruv Surveys
Baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVs) are becoming extensively adopted as a non-extractive technique for sampling fish diversity, relative abundance and the size structure of
