Octopus Gleaners from Mkwiro BMU within Shimoni-Vanga seascape. Women are taking an active role in fisheries and the conservation of marine ecosystems. Photo credit| Catherine Muyonga A visit to several Beach Management Units (BMUs) within the Shimoni-Vanga Seascape one thing that cuts across these groups is the creation and management of community conservation areas. The…
Project Manager Richard Bemaronda taking participants through the UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme during the Baseline and Site Strategy Workshop in Shimoni. Photo Credit, Mazera Ndurya Community Action for Nature Conservation (CANCO) is implementing a three-year project funded by the United Nations Development Project (UNDP) through Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme within the…
Munje BMU fisher Power Tabu displaying Octopus catch during the second opening of the Octopus Closure. Photo | Ruth Keah The excitement from the community members was palpable as you walked along the Munje beach that was teaming with people from as early as 7am to witness yet another milestone in marine conservation and livelihood…
ITF Ship Inspector Betty Makena facilitating at the workshop on Labour and fishing work on board fishing vessels. Photo Courtesy | Mazera Ndurya. Listening to fishers tell their stories of the escapades while at sea fishing in canoes and other small boats can be heart wrenching and one would even think all is rosy for…
From left, Mr. Ndurya, Mr. Were, Ms. Keah, Mr. Onyiro, and Johnson Mwangangi (Gilitics Media CEO & Co-founder) Photo: Gilitics Media Media for Nature and Blue Radio on Thursday 25 April, 2024 inked a one-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together in creating environmental awareness content focusing on the Blue Economy and other ecological…
Ceasar and Filipe dive at Ngomeni | Photo by Caesar Bita History is replete with adventures and misadventures but one that is currently the subject of a major archaeological study is the mishap in the Vasco Da Gama fleet of the 16th Century along the Kenyan Coast. Vasco da Gama came to today’s Kenya in…
Tucked between the Watamu National Marine Park and the Arabuko Sokoke forest, Uyombo is an iconic study in unique biodiversity. Naturally grown mangroves, pristine clean beaches, coconut canopies and high end tourist hotels, one does not need to dig deep to understand why the residents of Uyombo have come out strongly against the proposed nuclear…
Capsicum growing under drip irrigation at Kidimu School for the Deaf in Kwale County When he arrived at the school in 2019 as the head teacher Athman Mwakuyu found a heap of manure at the compound behind one of the classrooms and thought it had been kept there ready for use in the farm. But…
Photo Courtesy of Dr Caesar Bita, NMK As Kenya boasts of successfully exploiting its conventional cultural assets to fuel tourism growth, archaeologists are working round the clock to promote the Underwater Cultural Heritage (UHC) as the next frontier in harnessing the blue economy. It is a new product in the tourism industry that can empower communities…
Dr Emmanuel Mbaru (front left) and other members of Marine & Coastal Operations for Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean (MARCOSIO) consortium during the GMES&Africa Forum in Sham El Sheikh, Egypt| Photo courtesy WIOMSA In the past elders would predict the weather and then warn fishermen of impending storms and their forecast was reliable. Fisheries was largely…
