This week the Convention on Biological Diversity is running marine consultations for the new ‘Global Biodiversity Framework’ for 2021-2030, under the umbrella of its Vision for 2050, “living in harmony with nature”. CORDIO is contributing to this ‘post-2020‘ process with two primary inputs based on the experience of coral reefs […]
A popularized article ‘Coral Bleaching: Using Participatory Reporting To Track Mass-Bleaching In The Western Indian Ocean‘ has been featured on Science Trends, a science communication platform projecting peer-reviewed research out to the public.
“In today’s environment, hoarding knowledge ultimately erodes your power. If you know something very important, the way to get power is by actually sharing it.” Joseph Badaracco
Catalysts for change The lab, represented by CORDIO’s Randall Mabwa, took part in the XVII Triple Helix International conference and thereafter at the SA Innovation summit in Cape Town, South Africa, from the 9th to 11th September. The Triple Helix concept, a catalyst for change, is a set of interactions between […]
The results will be used to raise awareness on the need to protect, conserve and sustainably use coral reefs to benefit human beings, biodiversity and the environment at large!
CORDIO is bringing coral reefs and the blue economy to the 2nd Business of Conservation Conference hosted by the School of Wildlife Conservation of the African Leadership University in Kigali, Rwanda, from 8-9 September 2019.
Last week in Nairobi the Convention on Biological Diversity officially opened discussions on the next set of targets to take on, after the current Aichi Targets will become due in 2020.
CORDIO’s Dr. David Obura was a Coordinating Lead Author in the IPBES Global Assessment report launched in Paris on 6 May 2019. The assessment is the first of its kind to assess, from local to global levels, peoples’ dependence on nature, the degree of impact we are having, and to […]
Reefs that were heavily smothered by silt on 28 March are clearing, and stress to the corals seems to be over with little additional mortality. The coming rough and cool seas of the southeast monsoon should return conditions to normal. This is a report of a field survey conducted on […]
At the recently held inception workshop, the WIO GCRMN benthic and fish datasets were identified as key datasets to undertake the 2019 Red List of Ecosystems of coral reefs of the Western Indian Ocean (see workshop report here). The GCRMN datasets were compiled with support from the Indian Ocean Commission’s 5-year […]
