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Filter: Habitat Restoration
29 Aug 2020 - project-document - project: 4940 - English [WIOSAP] Developing Collaborative Strategies for Sustainable Management of Mangroves in the Boeny Region Littorale, Madagascar
The overall goal of this project is to promote sustainable conservation and utilization of mangroves in the Boeny Region through development of viable collaborative and integrated management approach. Specifically to: (i) develop a sustainable com...
29 Aug 2020 - project-document - project: 4940 - English [WIOSAP] Environmental Flows for Enhanced Biodiversity and Poverty Alleviation in the Incomati Delta, Mozambique (EFlows-Moz)
The purpose (overall objective) of the project is to design environmental flows that would maintain and enhance biodiversity values and the functioning of the estuarine and deltaic ecosystems of the Lower Incomati in order to optimise the delivery...
29 Aug 2020 - project-document - project: 4940 - English [WIOSAP] Briefing Note to Nairobi Convention Stakeholders Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic
The purpose of the Briefing Note is to alert our partners and stakeholders to the likely impacts that the current slow-down will have on the activities and processes of the Nairobi Convention and present the anticipated scenario with regard to our...
29 Aug 2020 - report - project: 4940 - English [WIOSAP] Mangrove Restoration and Livelihood Support Through Community Participation in Mozambique Technical Report
The Nairobi Convention Secretariat (NCS) undertook a pre-project visit from 15 to 16 January 2020 to meet with project proponents, partners, and communities to gain first-hand information about the problem that the project intends to address, mech...
29 Aug 2020 - project-document - project: 4940 - English [WIOSAP] At A Glance: The Western Indian Ocean Mangrove Restoration Guidelines
The newly published Western Indian Ocean Guideline on Mangrove Ecosystem Restoration is the first to provide customized guidelines relevant to the region. Several failures have been reported in many countries and have been attributed to poor under...
28 Aug 2020 - outreach-material - project: 4940 - English [WIOSAP] Component Posters
Component posters: A. This component focuses on protecting, restoring, and managing these habitats and ecosystems; B. This component focuses on the need for the region's water quality to attain international standards by 2035; C. This component pr...
28 Aug 2020 - report - project: 4940 - English [WIOSAP] Recommending of Proposals on Demo Projects Virtual Meeting Report
During the 2nd and 3rd sitting of the WIOSAP Project Steering Committee (PSC), the members recommended that to facilitate fast tracking of project implementation, they would consider giving virtual recommendations of key and urgent decisions inclu...
28 Aug 2020 - project-document - project: 4940 - English [WIOSAP] Sustainable Management of Shallow Marine Habitats in the Comoros Through Improved Management Planning and Rehabilitation of Degraded Sites
The overall objective of this project is to strengthen the management of critical shallow marine habitats in the Comoros. This will be achieved using three min approaches, which will involve: The preparation of site management plans for four forma...
22 Apr 2020 - newsletter - project: 4932 - Spanish [GEF IWEco] IWEco:Link - Volumen 2, Número 3 (Septiembre de 2019)
En esta edición - Seis principios para la buena restauración de bosques y paisajes; Restauración de la calidad de la tierra y el agua en Saint Kitts y Nevis; ¡Transformando tierras degradadas y actitudes también!; Caribbean Juventud del Caribe - A...
22 Apr 2020 - newsletter - project: 4932 - English [GEF IWEco] IWEco:Link - Volume 2, Issue 3 (September 2019)
In this issue: Six Principles for Good Forest and Landscape Restoration; Restoring Land and Water Quality in Saint Kitts & Nevis; Transforming Degraded Land and Attitudes too!; Caribbean Youth - Key Actors and Champions of Sustainable Development;...
29 Jul 2019 - outreach-material - project: 2263 - English [BSERP] Final Seminar Poster: Morpho-functional Indices of Seaweed Communities in Zernov's Phyllophora Field
Showcased at the Final Seminar of the BSERP on 14-15 February 2008, Istanbul.
29 Jul 2019 - outreach-material - project: 2263 - English [BSERP] Final Seminar Poster: Development of the Habitat Mapping for Commercial Fish and Invertebrate Species
The main objectives are to: (1) Support an adequate and reliable assessment of the negative effect of pollution on populations of the main fish species of the Black Sea; and (2) Map the main areas within the Black Sea, which require urgent protect...
27 Jun 2019 - report - project: 4690 - English [CCRES] Site report: El Nido, Philippines
El Nido is a coastal municipality in the north of Palawan in the Philippines. With 18 barangays (the smallest administrative division in the Philippines) and covering 465 square kilometres, the western side of the municipality (Bacuit Bay) has bee...
27 Jun 2019 - report - project: 4690 - English [CCRES] Site report: Selayar, Indonesia
Selayar is as an archipelago of 130 islands (26 are inhabited), so the services provided by coastal ecosystems are vital for the food security, livelihoods and welfare of people in local communities. The waters of Selayar are a meeting place for c...
27 Jun 2019 - report - project: 4690 [CCRES] Site report: Selayar, Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia)
Selayar is as an archipelago of 130 islands (26 are inhabited), so the services provided by coastal ecosystems are vital for the food security, livelihoods and welfare of people in local communities. The waters of Selayar are a meeting place for c...
26 Jun 2019 - report - project: 4690 - English [CCRES] Progress update: Overcoming coastal zone problem by understanding socio-ecological systems
A progress update on the systems analysis project, including the SESAMME tool and system models for priority issues. Published in January 2016.
26 Jun 2019 - report - project: 4690 - English [CCRES] Progress update: Assessing mangrove and seagrass efficiency in sedimentation and water quality regulation
A progress update on quantifying the role of mangroves and seagrasses in ecosystem health. Published in January 2016.
25 Jun 2019 - report - project: 4690 - English [CCRES] Progress update: Studying the value of seagrass to human health, seaweed farming
A progress update on research into seagrass filtration services for moderating human, coral reef and seaweed diseases in coastal Indonesia. Published in January 2016.
24 Jun 2019 - other - project: 4690 - English CCRES Tools & Training Guide (including download links)
A guide to the innovative tools developed by CCRES for marine planning, analysing systems, sustaining business and promoting change.
24 Jun 2019 - other - project: 4690 - English [CCRES Tools] Rebuilding reef fisheries with marine protected areas (MPAs) toolbox (overview and download link)
The toolbox enables coastal planners and policymakers to support decisions on the total coverage/number, placement and local size of MPAs, in order to sustain and rebuild fisheries and to protect coastal biodiversity. This PDF contains a backgroun...

 

 

 

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