SMART Seas for MPAs

For the last few days, the #MPA team from @KisiteMpunguti Marine Park & Reserve in #Kenya have been looking at fish predation of sea urchins. More predation of urchins = a more healthy system. Checking trends at closed, gear restricted, and fished sites Good job!

Boosting the signal here: @UBSoptimus and @IUCN have an open call for proposals for MPAs and OECMs with an NBS foundation! Read more here bluenaturalcapital.org/bncff/bncff-ca… @euog4mpas @MPAsSA1 @SMARTseas @IucnE @IUCN_Oceania @IUCNAsia @uicn_conserva please RT to share!

This is what the world will look like over the next 100 years...if we do nothing. We have no time for business as usual. Of course we will act!!!

#Seychelles has its first #MPA manager certified by @wiomsa- WIO-Compas - Ms. Dainise Quatre, who is also a regional peer trainer in Strategic Adaptive Management (SAM). Great job!! m.seychellesnewsagency.com/view_news.php?…

Happy World Rangers Day to the amazing #MPA staff working to protect marine life throughout the Western Indian Ocean 💙 #WorldRangersDay2022 Image from @kwskenya

Important read about changing the global narrative on #Africa in public communication africanofilter.org/documents/Why_…

SMART Seas MPA network and the SAM (strategic adaptive management approach) it supports were featured as success stories in the Western Indian Ocean by the Panorama Solutions team See page 34 panorama.solutions/sites/default/…

World's Oceans Day celebration in Mombasa was awesome! With @kwskenya at Mombasa Maribe Park and Early Bird's Banda youth initiative

@NancyAOduor @SMARTseas @eracoma_consult We collect a lot of plastics and such materials in trawlers, but if there is no observer on-board they just throw them overboard. You need to plan on those

Remote beaches offer critical habitats some of which are important for turtle nesting activities, however, these areas are vulnerable to deposition and accumulation of marine debris, which can threaten wildlife. We collected 610kg of debris in Mvundeni Beach with Team Kiunga👏👏

#Kenya MPA Warden @PaulWambi1 to discuss marine conservation today on the radio. Tune in! @kwskenya

How do you say #seagrass in #Seychelles Creole? There's a brand new word: zerb lanmer! news.mongabay.com/2022/04/to-get…

The heavy rains over Durban and the surrounding areas left a trail of devastation and destruction in its wake over the past week. This has resulted in a huge influx of plastics, debris and other waste being washed up along the shoreline. @WILDLANDSSA

#Seychelles youth release podcast on #seagrass! m.seychellesnewsagency.com//articles/1661…

HHy African Ph.D. level scientists under 40. Check this out! twas.org/opportunity/se…

Spotted at Kiunga Marine Reserve #Kenya. Lots of whale sharks! @kwskenya

Happening now! #Tanzania Marine Parks and Reserves Unit holding meeting on developing new strategic plan for #MPAs. Tanzania strategic plans incorporate all the principles of Adaptive Management! @wcsocean @JeniOLeary @MensaJean

Honoring #MPA female rangers and staff on #InternationalWomensDay @kwskenya

Proud of @kwskenya Mombasa Marine Park & Reserve for hosting a beach cleanup for #WorldWildlifeDay. We'll done rangers and Wardens!

@kwskenya Mombasa Marine Park and Reserve #MPA staff preparing for refresher on Strategic Adaptive Management (SAM) to be held on Monday with Senior Assistant Director for coast