CORDIO’s 20th anniversary event was held in a serene environment at the Bamburi Forest Trails on Friday 7th September 2018. Reflecting on the past 20 years of operation, it’s encouraging to see how much CORDIO East Africa has grown. Through the experiences shared by current and ex-staff and partners such […]
On Saturday the 8th of September 2018, CORDIO hosted a successful screening of the documentary film ‘Chasing Coral’ at Nyali Cinemax. The turnout was great (over 290 people!) and it was inspiring to see many people from various backgrounds and ages attend. Chasing Coral is a splendour of vivid underwater […]
On 9 July 2018 the scenarios for the future of the Western Indian Ocean/East and Southern Africa were launched at the Science-Policy forum of the Nairobi Convention in Durban, South Africa.
What Kenya’s government can do to protect, and benefit from, ocean resources . Kenya earns around USD$2.5 billion per year from its ocean – less than 4% of its GDP. This shows the potential for growth which could raise peoples’ incomes in coming years. But it won’t happen unless damaging […]
Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) “to advance our understanding of the Indian Ocean and its role in the Earth System in order to enable informed decisions in support of sustainable development and the well-being of humankind” The Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) is a major global scientific program […]
Bleaching and paling of corals varied from highs of 30 -55% in the shallow zone, to less than 10%, but many reef areas had poor coral cover, evidence of past stress from bleaching, overfishing and river outflow.
