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News and articles about international cooperation.

2025-05-07

First country achieves FiTI Standard compliant status

Seychelles is the first country to achieve ‘Compliant’ status under the FiTI Standard.
2025-03-04

Equality in WIO:s

Blue economy for ALL Women and Girls.
2024-10-03

New course on marine spatial planning

A new course on marine spatial planning by UNESCO-IOC’s MSP Global initiative was just launched on the OceanTeacher Global Academy. The course is f...
2023-10-25

Dialogue on the High Seas Treaty – Content and Opportunities for the Western Indian Ocean Region

SwAM and the Nairobi Convention hosted a technical dialogue on the High Seas Treaty on 11 October 2023. The goal for the event was to increase shar...
2023-10-18

The Comoros: Capacity – collaboration – adaptive co-management

As the heavy rains patter on the roof of the beautiful venue in Mitsamiouli National Park, sixteen committed marine managers from all four of the C...
2023-09-19

New study: How government transparency impacts fish trade and eco certification

This new study analyses the impact of improving government transparency in fisheries on eco certification efforts, and whether existing certificati...
2023-08-30

Hands-on WIO Symphony data handling training in October

Nairobi Convention and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management will host a hands-on training, with real data, and expert guidance, on Te...
2023-05-09

New tool on ocean impact launched

What if we could analyse the cumulative environmental impacts of human activities and the outcome of different ocean management scenarios? Now we can!
2023-03-14

Recommendations and results when marine managers share results on conservation standards for adaptive management

Humans need nature to survive. Strong, resilient ecosystems is a must for social and economic development. We work to increase the economic benefit...
2023-02-21

Sweden supports webinar series on marine spatial planning

This spring, the Swedish Agency of Marine and Water Management is teaming up with the Nairobi Convection to advance marine spatial planning in East...