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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
The Unsung Champions of Mangroves
https://youtu.be/6XDfIkVJDqs Little is sung about Munje, a silent coastal village in Kwale county, Ramisi ward. And even less, little is known of the women of
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
ICCB 2023 – Keynote Address by Dr. Melita Samoilys
In her keynote address at the just-concluded 2023 International Congress for the Conservation of Biology, CORDIO Director, Dr. Melita Samoilys, spoke about the triple nexus