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Tanzania’s Uhuru Torch Illuminates Mangrove Restoration Efforts in Rufiji Delta

Wetlands International, Tanzania, together with the Kibiti District Office and Tanzania Forest Services Agency, were last month honoured to host the Uhuru Torch at one […]

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Africa’s Wetlands Key for Migratory Birds Sustenance

This article was originally published in The Standard newspaper (Kenya) -By Julie Mulonga, Director – Wetlands International Eastern Africa and Dr Kariuki Ndang’ang’a, Africa Regional […]

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Energy-Saving Stoves in Lamu: Saving Mangroves, Changing Lives

Approximately 70% of local communities living adjacent to Kenya’s mangrove forests rely on solid biomass energy (mainly firewood and charcoal) as the primary source of […]

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Using Global Mangrove Watch to Fill Gaps on Emission Data for FAO Kenya

The Global Mangrove Watch (GMW) is an online platform that provides remote sensing data and tools for global monitoring of mangroves, in scientific collaboration with […]

News

Design with Nature Competition – World Wetlands Day 2023

Wetlands International and the National Environment Management Authority are launching the ‘Designing with Nature’ Competition. If you are interested in Nature-Based Solutions, this call is […]

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Life in Lamu’s Mangroves

The lives of Lamu’s communities are closely intertwined with mangroves with about 60% of these magnificent and carbon rich ecosystems found in this historically and […]

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Bold Step to Harness Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Blue Economy in Tanzania

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania Forest Services Agency (TFS) and Wetlands International, in collaboration with other stakeholders, have convened a high-level conference […]

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Improved Cook Stoves to Reduce Pressure on Mangroves in Lamu

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. […]

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Drive to Restore Lamu’s Degraded Mangroves

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 […]

Publication

Mangrove Restoration Handbook (Swahili)

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 […]