Entitled “Mangrove, a flagship socio-ecosystem for the blue economy”, the final Workshop of the FSPI Mikoko on the Conservation and Resilience of Kenyan Mangrove Forests was held on May 26 and 27, 2021 at Hotel Neptune, Diani, Kenya. The workshop was organized by KFS, IRD and CIRAD and brought together more than 70 participants and […]
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Giving journalists means to alert the population and policy-makers to mangrove conservation – IRD
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Jan
Jan
On December 15th, Kenyan journalists were invited to a thematic workshop on mangrove conservation and resilience in order to better apprehend this complex ecosystem. The workshop gathered some twenty journalists, scientists, civil society actors and mangrove users for a day of knowledge exchange on Kenya’s mangrove forests. The IRD and Cirad-led Mikoko project actors participated and shared their […]
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Jan
Jan
A Mikoko team visited the KWETU TRAINING CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT to conduct beekeeping training from November 9th to 13th, 2020. The team included Joan Nelima W. (Master student), Kennedy Wafula Otoi (field technician) and 3 villagers from Pate Island and members of the CBO “Pate Resource and Tourism Initiative” (PRATI) Abdudi Muhemed, Saidi Bakari Hamza, […]
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Oct
Oct
Our research activities continue, and this time bringing in new students for their fieldwork at Lamu: Katana Baya, Msc. Student (UoN), Tashrifa Mohammed, Msc. Student (Pwani University) and Jamila Ahmed, PhD at UoN. Researchers from different partner institutions (Dr. Linus Wekesa and Henry Komu from KEFRI, Dr. Musili Mutuku from NMK and Dr. Juliana Prosperi […]
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Sep
Sep
The Mikoko Project team organized a field trip to conduct fieldwork necessary to provide data on mangroves ecosystem in Lamu Archipelago. The participants involved in this successful trip were the Mikoko project coordinators, Juliana Prosperi and David Williamson; the PhD students, Jamila Ahmed and George Tarus; the MSc students, Joan Nelima, George Otieno and Anthony […]
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Jul
Jul
Nyota ya Mikoko , the Kenyan mangrove research vessel, was officially launched on July 26th 2020 during The International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem. The launch ceremony was held by the Kenya Forest Service at Lamu Island. In attendance was the French Ambassador to Kenya, Her Excellency Aline Kuster-Menager as well as […]
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Jun
Jun
IRD has distributed more than 5,000 masks to partners of the Mikoko project on the conservation of mangroves in Lamu. Cooperative actions for sustainable development are the first to be affected by the health threat to capacity building activities which include research, training and education and the exchange of knowledge. As soon as COVID-19 started […]
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Apr
Apr
As part of the Mikoko project, and in response to requests from representatives of local communities who participated in the “Community Assessment” workshop (November 25 to 28, 2019 in Lamu), field material was distributed in different villages of the Pate Island (Lamu Archipelago). This event took place at the end of February 2020, after the […]
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Mar
Mar
Within that framework of Mikoko project, the IRD and CIRAD organized a 4-day training workshop on “MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM TRAINING COURSE” that took place in National Museum of KenyaGede, Kilifi County, from 18th to 21st of February 2020. The training brought together some key stakeholders such as local community leaders and the KFS Ecosystem Conservators from […]
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