Wetlands International, together with the Lamu Community Forest Association (CFA), has launched improved cook stoves (jikos) to reduce pressure on mangrove forests in Lamu County. […]

Two information and awareness-raising sessions for high-level decision-makers on the challenges of the services provided by the ecosystems of the Upper Niger and the Inner […]

Mangroves, with their distinct, entangled root systems, were largely overlooked and misunderstood in the past decades. According to Dan Friess, they were suspected to produce […]

Mangrove restoration is complex and is prone to failure when the necessary conditions are not met. This Practical Guide provides a clear, concise and proven […]

Rufiji Delta in Tanzania hosts the largest single mangrove forest in Eastern Africa. Despite the critical ecosystem goods and services it provides to communities and […]

Located along Kenya’s coast, Lamu hosts 60% of the country’s mangroves. These forests are biologically diverse, habouring intertidal flats and seagrass meadows that are rich […]

Degradation of ecosystems such as forests, wetlands and dry lands is now widely understood as a major driver of disaster risk and a key component […]

Ethiopia’s Central Rift Valley (CRV) is a vital region in terms of its enormous ecosystem services and augmented biodiversity. Nevertheless, its ecosystem services and biodiversity […]

Mangroves are among the most productive and valuable ecosystems on earth and have a significant ecological, economic and socio-cultural role in the lives of coastal […]

The Kenya Forest Service (KFS), together with the community, Wetlands International and other partners, has launched a campaign to restore degraded mangrove areas in the […]