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…
Traditional dhow used for marine excursion to Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Protected Area. Photo|Joshua Wambugu Growing up in Wasini village, Suleiman Kionzo, whose matrimonial home is in Lunga Lunga, an area bordering Kenya and Tanzania, was molded into becoming one of the prominent boat operators in the Shimoni region. Kionzo, who is a member of the Wasini…
While industrialization has been blamed for contributing immensely to greenhouse gases, technology has come to the rescue and residents of Jimbo in Kenya’s South Coast have become part of the global plan to salvage the environment. Jimbo is not an ordinary village. From its unique location just at the tip of the Kenyan border with…
