February 21
Africa: Who Wants to Live By the Sea?
For most of history, only those who made their living from the sea chose to live on the coast. Fear of being battered by storms, not to mention vulnerability to attacks from… Read more »
January 19
Africa: Trapped and Trafficked - Fishers Tell of Forced Labor Horror
"The thing is that when you come from an African country, they know that you're basically trapped," says Noel Adabblah. Read more »
October 24, 2023
Africa: Climate Crisis Turns African Rivers Into Epicentres of Conflict #AfricaClimateCrisis
Almost all major river basins in Africa have become the epicentres for conflicts over the last 20 years, and agricultural yields on the continent could drop by up to 50 percent in… Read more »
October 10, 2023
Kenya: Kenyan Scientist Elected Chair of Inter-Governmental Biodiversity Body
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) recently elected David Obura as Chair. The coral reef expert will serve a 3-year term… Read more »
October 02, 2023
Seychelles: Small Islands With Big Aspirations
Everyone knows that small island states are on the frontline of global warming. Rising sea levels, acidification destroying fisheries and coral reefs, and changing patterns of… Read more »
September 21, 2023
Seychelles: The Ocean Offers Rich Solutions for Climate Change
For the people of Seychelles, the ocean is more than just a source of livelihood. It is also a way of life. About 80% of our homes and infrastructure are located along the coast… Read more »
June 23, 2023
Africa: If Govts Have the Tools to Stop Fishing-Related Deaths, Why Aren't They Being Used?
Long before Hollywood highlighted the dangers of commercial fishing in The Perfect Storm, Deadliest Catch and other programming, governments around the world knew that this was one… Read more »
June 08, 2023
Africa: We Need to Talk About Deep Blue Carbon
The focus of carbon capture and storage has long been on coastal ecosystems like mangroves and seagrasses. If the world wants to meet its looming climate targets, then it's time to… Read more »
June 07, 2023
Africa: Guess Who Is the Worst Enemy of the Oceans (And Everywhere Else)?
The good news: oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth's surface, contain 97% of the world's water, represent 99% of the living space on the Planet by volume, and are a major… Read more »
May 23, 2023
Africa: Governments Are Changing Fisheries Management for the Better, but More Action Is Still Needed
Global fisheries are worth more than US$140 billion each year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. But this hefty sum does not capture… Read more »
March 20, 2023
Africa: Protecting and Managing the High Seas
On March 4 2023, the 193 members of the United Nations reached a major milestone. They agreed on a treaty to manage and protect the high seas- the marine areas that lie outside the… Read more »
February 20, 2023
Africa: A Last-Ditch Effort to Save a High Seas Treaty From Sinking
When the United Nations began negotiations on a legally binding treaty to protect and regulate the high seas, one diplomat pointedly remarked: "It's a jungle out… Read more »
January 26, 2023
Cape Verde: Cabo Verde Launches Blue Bond on Regional Sustainable Finance Platform
On 20 January, the world's best sailors arrived in Mindelo, Cabo Verde, completing the initial leg of the 2023 edition of The Ocean Race. Coinciding with this stop was the launch… Read more »
January 11, 2023
Africa: An Oil Tanker Grounded Off Yemen Faces a Potential Humanitarian Disaster
The long-delayed salvaging of an abandoned tanker, the FSO Safer off the Yemeni coast, has been described as a humanitarian disaster waiting to happen. Read more »
December 12, 2022
Africa: European Court of Justice Ruling is Major Blow to Fight Against Illegal Fishing
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November 02, 2022
Africa: Half of World's Illegal Vessels Operate in African Waters - Report
As a new report lays bare the massive financial costs to developing states of illegal fishing, campaigners are hoping that drawing attention to the practice's devastating economic… Read more »
July 25, 2022
Kenya: Unleashing Mangrove Superpower Through Soft Coastal Engineering
The swish of calm waters followed by unexpectedly high tides and violent waves is now too familiar for the fisher community along Kenya's 1,420-kilometer Indian Ocean coastline. Read more »
July 05, 2022
East Africa: The Rape of the Indian Ocean - the Story of the Yellowfin Tuna
Over the last past several decades marine fish stocks worldwide have been under intense threat. There have been many high sounding declarations and agreements to reduce catch… Read more »
June 06, 2022
Africa: The Great Fish Robbery
Now it comes to another 'crime' being stealthy committed as a consequence of the unrelenting business obsession for making more and more money. Read more »
May 13, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Massive Deforestation in the Congo Basin Will Lead to Poverty
Growing up amid under the leafy canopy of the Congo Basin rainforest, the woodland was more than our home. It was our playground, our medicine cabinet, our teacher, our therapist.… Read more »